JP3423844B2 - Pipe fittings used in lightweight partition walls - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the connection of two separate pipes at the intersection when pipes are piped across an obstacle such as a vibration isolator in a lightweight partition wall. The present invention relates to a tubing connecting tool for doing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 13, a lightweight partition wall is formed by vertically arranging wall members so as to sandwich both sides of a lightweight stud 1 which is erected at a predetermined interval. When a conduit P is to be installed in the light-weight partition wall for electrical wiring, in order to prevent the light-duty studs 1 from swinging, an anti-vibration member 4 is installed substantially horizontally between the studs 1. ,
This anti-vibration material 4 becomes an obstacle, and the conduit tube P is placed inside the partition wall.
Can not be plumbed. Therefore, as shown in the drawing, at a position where the conduit P and the vibration isolator 4 intersect, a part of the vibration isolator 4 is cut off, and the conduit P is passed through the excised portion 4a, whereby the vibration is reduced. Even in the narrow portion where the stopper 4 and the conduit P intersect, the conduit P is laid without being crushed. However, this partial cutting of the anti-vibration material requires a tool such as a special cutter, and the work is extremely difficult.

In order to solve the above problems, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-
The technique disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 212933 is proposed. In this technique, as shown in FIG. 3 of the publication, a flat tube having a thickness that can intersect with the vibration isolator is used, and cables are inserted into the flat tube to perform piping. Is. However, since this flat tube does not have flexibility, there is a problem that flexible piping cannot be performed inside the partition wall. Further, in order to insert a flat cable such as a VVF cable, there is also a problem that the insertion direction is restricted over the entire length.

[0004]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to crush pipes at the intersection when pipes are piped in a lightweight partition wall while intersecting with obstacles such as a vibration isolator. Or separate part of the obstacle without removing 2
It is to be able to connect the tubing of the book.

[0005]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION In order to solve this problem, the present invention provides a lightweight partition wall in which light studs are erected at predetermined intervals and wall members are erected so as to be sandwiched from both sides thereof. In a pipe connecting tool used for connecting two separate pipes at the intersection when the pipes are piped crossing an obstacle such as a vibration isolator, an electric wire Such as a main body formed of a tubular body through which cables can be inserted, and cylindrical connection portions formed at both ends of the main body to connect the pipes to the main body. , the obstacle and the flat portion positionable in the gap between the wall material is longitudinal
Is provided in the central part of the direction, flexible on both sides of the flat part
The feature is that each of the connecting portions having the is formed .

In order to connect two pipes in the light-weight partition wall using the pipe connector according to the present invention, a flat portion provided at the central portion of the main body of the pipe connector is It is arranged in a narrow gap between an obstacle such as an anti-vibration material and the wall material, and the pipes are connected at respective connection portions provided at both ends of the main body portion. As a result, the two pipes are connected to each other through the pipe connecting device according to the present invention without intersecting with the obstacle, so that the pipes are not crushed and a part of the obstacle is present. The hassle of cutting off is completely eliminated. Also, on both sides of the flat part provided in the center of the main body
Is provided with flexible connecting portions.
To ensure that the orientation of the connecting
Since it can be changed at any time, the connection between the tubing connector and the conduit can be easily
It will be easy.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to Examples. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which two electric conduits P are connected to each other in the lightweight partition wall W via a tubing connector C ₁ , and FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a connecting portion between the tubing connector C ₁ and the conduit P, FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the tubing connector C ₁ , and FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. , (A) to (d) of FIG.
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view taken along line X ₁ -X _{1 to} line X ₄ -X _{4 in} FIG. 5.
The tubing connector C ₁ , as shown in FIGS.
The main body 11 has a flat tubular shape as a whole, and the cylindrical connecting portions 12 are integrally formed at both ends of the main body 11. The main body portion 11 and the connecting portion 12 have a neck portion 13
The neck portion 13 is gradually deformed from the flat shape toward the connection portion 12 into a circular shape. Also,
At the center of the main body 11 in the longitudinal direction, the flat portion 1 is arranged in a narrow space between the vibration isolator 4 and the wall material 2 during use.
1a is provided, and a connecting portion 14 is provided between the flat portion 11a of the main body 11 and the connecting portion 12, and the connecting portion 14 is formed in a bellows shape and has flexibility. There is. The neck portion 13 is provided with an abutment collar portion 13a for abutting an end surface of the electric wire tube P inserted into the connection portion 12, and a connector 5 described later is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the tip portion of the connection portion 12. A male screw 12a to be screwed is formed.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the light-weight partition wall W comprises light-weight steel studs 1 which are erected at predetermined intervals, and wall members 2 are erected on both sides thereof. Formed. In the lightweight partition wall W, in order to prevent the lightweight stud 1 from swinging, the fixtures 3 are screwed to the opening side and the non-opening side of the lightweight stud 1, respectively, and the attachment member 3 has a vibration-proof material. By supporting both ends of 4, lightweight stud 1
An anti-skid material 4 is installed between the two. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, the conduit P cannot be wired as it is in the portion where the vibration isolator 4 is present.

To connect the conduits P to each other at the portion of the vibration isolator 4 in the lightweight partition wall W by using the above-mentioned tubing connector C ₁ , the procedure is as follows. First, by placing the flat portion 11a provided in the main body portion 11 of the tubing connector C ₁ to the side of Futome member 4, Futome the tube such connector C ₁ with such binding wire 4 Temporarily fix to. Then, the connectors 5 are screwed into the respective connecting portions 12 at both ends of the pipe connector C ₁ , and the electric wire tube P is inserted from the opening of the connector 5, and the tip end surface thereof is brought into contact with the contact flange portion 13a. When contacted, the inner end surface of the connector 5 and the tubing connector C ₁
The bent portion 6a on the inner circumference of the annular retaining piece 6 sandwiched between the end surface of the connecting portion 12 and the end surface of the connecting portion 12 enters the groove portion 7 on the outer circumference of the electric wire tube P, and the electric wire tube P and the pipe connector C ₁ And are integrally connected via the connector 5 (see FIG. 3). In this way, by connecting the two conduits P via tubing connector C _1, and a state of arranging the tubing connector C ₁ to the side of the vibrating stopper member 4, the lightweight studs When the wall members 2 are applied to both sides of the pipe ₁ and fixed, the two conduits P connected via the pipe connector C ₁ are arranged in the lightweight partition wall W. The main body 11 of the tubing connector C ₁ has a flat portion 11 at the center.
Except for a, since the whole is bellows-shaped, the direction of the connecting portion 12 can be freely changed, and the connection with the conduit P can be facilitated.

As described above, the two conduit tubes P arranged above and below the anti-vibration member 4 with the tubing connector C ₁ arranged at the portion where the electric conduit P intersects the anti-vibration member 4 are: Since the connection is made via the connecting tool C ₁ , it is possible to remove a part of the vibration isolator 4 and the electric wire tube P from being largely crushed as in the conventional case.
The conduits P can be connected to each other. In addition, the flat portion 11a provided in the central portion of the main body portion 11 that constitutes the connector C ₁
Unlike the other parts, since it is not bellows-shaped, the internal space is widened, and it becomes easy to insert the cables into the part of the pipe connector C ₁ .

Next, with reference to FIGS. 7 to 10, a tubing connector C ₂ of a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. Figure 7
Is a vertical sectional view of a state where the two conduits P via tubing connector C ₂ are connected in a lightweight partition wall W, FIG. 8 is an perspective view of a tubing connector C ₂ 9 is a same longitudinal sectional view, FIG. 10 (a), (b), (c), the Y ₁ -Y ₁ line, respectively, in FIG 9, Y ₂ -Y _2-wire and Y ₃ -Y ₃ It is each sectional drawing of a line. The tubing connector C ₂ is composed of a tubular main body portion 21 and connection portions 22 provided at both ends thereof, but the configuration of the main body portion 21 is different from the connection tool C ₁ . That is, between the flat portion 21a formed at the center of the main body portion 21 of the tubing connector C _2, and both ends of the connection portions 22 of the body portion 21 have a connecting portion 24, the connecting portion 24
Has a shape that gradually becomes circular from the side of the flat portion 21a toward the side of the connecting portion 22, and all the portions are formed in a bellows shape and have flexibility. Therefore, the connecting portion 2
The cross-sectional area of 4 is almost the same in all parts. The central flat portion 21a of the main body portion 21 does not have a bellows structure. The configuration of the other portions of the tubing connector C ₂ are the same as tubing connector C ₁ described above, to avoid redundant description, performed only shown.

In order to connect the conduits P to each other at the portion of the anti-vibration member 4 in the light-weight partition wall W by using the above-mentioned tubing connector C ₂ , in the same manner as above, the electrical anti-vibration member 4 is placed on the side of in the state in which the flat portion 21a of the main body portion 21 of the tubing connector C _2, and allowed to provisionally fixed to the stopper member 4 vibration by using a binding wire the tube such connector C _2, in the same manner as the Te, insert the conduit P from the opening of the connector 5 is screwed into the connecting portions 22 at both ends of the tubing connector C _2, connects the conduit P and tubing connector C _2. After that, when the wall material 2 is applied to both sides of the lightweight stud 1 and the flat portion 21a is arranged in the gap between the wall material 2 and the vibration damping material 4, the pipe connector C
_Two electric conduits P connected via 2 are lightweight partition walls W
Placed inside. As described above, the pipe connector C ₂ of the second embodiment is deformed so that the connecting portion 24 gradually changes from a flat shape to a circular shape from the flat portion 21a side toward the connection portions 22 at both ends. Therefore, there is an advantage that cables such as electric wires can be smoothly drawn in at the portion of the connecting tool C ₂ .

11 and 12, another tubing connector C is shown.
₃ is shown. As shown in FIG. 12, this tubing connector C ₃ has a configuration in which connecting portions 32 are integrally provided at both ends of a flat tubular main body portion 31 via a neck portion 33. 31, unlike the tubing connector C _1, C ₂ described above, the bellows portion over its entire length is not provided at all, the whole is a flat cylindrical shape which integrally. As shown in FIG. 11, also in this tubing connector C ₃ , the tubing connector C ₃ is arranged on the side of the vibration isolator 4,
After connecting the conduits P to the connecting portions 32 via the connectors 5, respectively, and applying the wall members 2 to both sides of the lightweight stud 1, the tubing connector C ₃ is inserted in the formed lightweight partition wall W. Two conduits P are connected. Since the tubing connector C ₃ is arranged at one end in the wall thickness direction, in the state where the two electric conduits P are connected via the tubing connector C ₃ , the main body 31 thereof is The whole is slightly bent. In the tubing connector C ₃ of the third embodiment, it is easy to use if the main body 31 is formed in advance into the curved shape in use.

Further, in each of the above-mentioned embodiments, the pipe fittings C ₁ and C ₂ are hooked on the flat portions 11a and 21a thereof, and the pipe fitting C ₃ is hooked on the central portion of the main body 31 thereof. If a stopper is integrally provided and the hook is hooked on the vibration isolator 4, a bind wire or the like becomes unnecessary, and the pipe connectors C _{1 to} C ₃ are attached to the vibration isolator 4. The work of temporarily fixing the

In each of the above-described embodiments, the connector 5 is used to connect the respective connecting portions 12, 22, 32 of the pipe connector C ₁ , C ₂ , C ₃ and the end of the conduit P. But
This connection structure may be any structure such as an adhesive structure, a screw stop structure, or a one-touch connection structure. Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, an electric wire tube is given as an example of the pipes connected by the connector according to the present invention, but the pipes are protection pipes for protecting fluid pipes such as hot and cold water. Good. Furthermore, in each of the above embodiments, the tubing connector C _{1 to} C
₃ is arranged at the portion intersecting with the vibration isolator 4,
It may be placed at the intersection with other obstacles such as tubing.

[0016]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION By using the tubing connector according to the present invention,
The flat part provided on the main body can be placed in the gap between the obstacle such as the anti-vibration material and the wall material on the side of the obstruction, and the anti-vibration material can be cut off or the pipes can be crushed. The two pipes can be connected in the light-weight partition wall without any trouble.
Therefore, the construction of the lightweight partition wall can be performed smoothly. Well
In addition, both sides of the flat part provided in the center of the main unit can be
Since each flexible connecting portion is provided,
The orientation of the connecting parts at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the tubing connector can be freely changed.
It is easy to connect the tubing connector to the conduit.
It Furthermore , the main body of the pipe connector is formed of a tubular body, and if necessary, the flat shape is gradually changed from the flat shape toward the both ends from the flat shape in the center to the circular shape. When inserting the cables, the cables can be smoothly inserted into the main body of the pipe connector.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which two electric conduits P are connected to each other in a lightweight partition wall W via a pipe connector C ₁ .

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a connecting portion between a tubing connector C ₁ and a conduit P.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a tubing connector C ₁ .

FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

6 (a), (b), (c), and (d) show X ₁ -X ₁ line, X ₂ -X ₂ line, X ₃ -X ₃ line, and X in FIG. 5, respectively.
FIG. ₄ is a sectional view taken along line _4- X ₄ ;

FIG. 7 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a state in which two electric conduits P are connected to each other in the lightweight partition wall W via a tubing connector C ₂ .

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a tubing connector C ₂ .

FIG. 9 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

[10] FIG. (A), (b), (c) is, Y ₁ -Y ₁ line in FIG. 9, respectively, are each cross-sectional view of a Y ₂ -Y _2-wire and Y ₃ -Y _3-wire.

FIG. 11 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a state in which two electric conduits P are connected to each other in the lightweight partition wall W via a tubing connector C ₃ .

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a tubing connector C ₃ .

FIG. 13 is a perspective view showing a conventional piping method for a conduit tube P in a light-weight partition wall W in which a part of the vibration isolator 4 is cut off to connect the conduit tube P.

[Explanation of symbols]

C ₁ -C _3: tubing connector P: conduit (tubing) W: weight partition wall 11, 21, 31: main body portion 11a: flat part 21a: flat part 12, 22, 32: connecting portion 14, 24 : Connection part

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. In a light-weight partition wall formed by vertically arranging lightweight studs at predetermined intervals and vertically arranging wall members so as to be sandwiched from both sides thereof, pipes intersecting with obstacles such as anti-vibration materials. A pipe connector used to connect two separate pipes at the intersection when the pipe is connected, and is formed of a tubular body into which cables such as electric wires can be inserted. It is composed of a main body and cylindrical connecting portions formed at both ends of the main body for connecting the tubing, and the main body can be arranged in a gap between the obstacle and the wall material. A flat part is provided at the center in the longitudinal direction,
Flexible connecting parts are formed on both sides of the
Tubing connector for use in lightweight partition wall, characterized in that is. 2. A neck portion connecting the main body portion and the connecting portion.
The pipe connector used in the light-weight partition wall according to claim 1 , wherein the pipe is deformed from the flat side toward the connecting side so as to gradually become a circular shape. . Wherein the body portion is a lightweight partition wall tubing connections used according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that cross-sectional area over its entire length is substantially constant and flat shape Ingredient 4. A flat portion formed in the body portion, and the connecting portion at both ends, lightweight partition according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that it is formed in substantially the same cross-sectional area Tubing fittings used in walls.