JPH06114106A - Piping terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the attachment and detachment of a plug to and from a socket of the piping terminal device for connecting an oxygen mask and suction bottle and to improve beauty. CONSTITUTION:A socket C and a cover D are mounted to a base plate 2 constituted turnably around a round hole in a housing B and a surface plate 3. An adapter socket 11 constituted movably in an axial direction and circumferential direction respectively is inserted into a housing 8 and a ring member 10. A detaining member 14 energized by a leaf spring 15 is fitted into the groove 11b of the socket 11 and a release pin 16 fitting to a long hole 8a is screwed and projected to the ring member. A guide pin 17 fitting to the long hole 8b is screwed to the wall part 11c of the socket 11. A dust cap 21 energized to the rear surface side is turnably mounted by means of a spring to a cover plate 20.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pipe terminal, and more particularly to a medical pipe terminal installed in an operating room, an intensive care unit or a hospital room of a hospital.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a recently constructed hospital, gas pipes for medical oxygen gas, compressed air, laughing gas, etc., or vacuum pipes for suction are laid in the wall of a building to operate in an operating room, an intensive care unit or By installing a pipe terminal in the patient room, it is often possible to perform centralized control of various gases and eliminate the work of transporting the gas cylinder to the patient room to reduce the labor.

The above-mentioned piping terminal is generally shown in FIG.
It is configured as shown in (b). That is, the casing 91 is installed by being embedded in a wall surface (not shown), and the base block 93 connected to the pipe 92 laid inside the wall is fixed to the casing 91. The socket 94 is attached to the base block 93. The surface of the housing 91 is covered by a cover 95, and the socket 94 is provided so as to project from the cover 95 to the indoor side. Further, a dust cap 96 is usually attached to the socket 94 to prevent the socket 94 from being contaminated when not in use.

In the pipe terminal constructed as described above, the dust cap 96 is removed, and then the plug 97 is pushed into the socket 94 to mount the plug 97 on the socket 94. In addition, the plug 97 attached to the socket 94
While holding the one hand with one hand, turn the turning portion (not shown) provided at the end of the socket 94 with the other hand, and at the same time with this turning, pull out the plug 97 from the socket 94. Then, the attached plug 97 is removed.

[0005]

In the conventional piping terminal described above, the operation of mounting the plug in the socket can be performed with one hand. However, it is necessary to use both hands to remove the plug attached to the socket. This plumbing terminal is constructed on the wall, and the bed and table are placed on the wall in the hospital room, so when removing the plug attached to the socket, maintain an unstable posture and operate with both hands. Becomes Therefore, when removing the suction bottle containing the dirt or removing the oxygen mask or the like, it is difficult to work while holding them.

Further, it is not preferable that a part of the socket protrudes from the wall surface to the inside of the room, giving the patient the impression of being a hospital. Moreover, when installing a pipe terminal, the housing is often buried at the stage of wall construction, and the housing may be buried at an inclination. It is not easy to re-embed such a casing horizontally, and in particular, if the cover is attached while the casing is tilted, the patient may feel discomfort or anxiety.

For this reason, there is a demand for the development of a piping terminal in which the components are contained in the housing as much as possible and there is no protrusion toward the room side, and the appearance is improved.

An object of the present invention is to provide a piping terminal device in which the plug mounted in the socket can be removed with one hand and the aesthetic appearance is improved.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a typical pipe terminal according to the present invention is connected to a pipe laid in a wall in a casing embedded in the wall and at a predetermined position. In a pipe terminal configured by attaching a socket having a plug provided with a pin to a detachable socket, the socket is provided with a locking member that locks the plug when the plug is inserted, and a mounted plug. And a releasing mechanism for releasing the locking of the plug by the locking member when rotated in one direction.

In the above-mentioned piping terminal, a socket is attached to the housing such that the surface thereof is substantially equal to the wall surface, and a hole for inserting a plug is formed on the surface of the housing at a position facing the socket. A cover in which a mounting member configured to be biased by a spring to the back side and movable to the front and back sides is mounted in the vicinity of the hole, and a dust cap for covering the hole is rotatably mounted to the mounting member. It is preferable to cover with.

Further, a base plate having one round hole and a plurality of elongated holes at positions facing a plurality of screw holes formed on the bottom surface of the housing, and a plurality of screw holes formed on the surface of the housing. It is preferable to have one round hole and a surface plate having a plurality of elongated holes at positions facing each other, and to fix the socket to the base plate and the cover to the surface plate.

[0012]

According to the pipe terminal, the plug can be easily attached to and detached from the socket with one hand, and the appearance can be improved.

That is, the socket attached to the housing embedded in the wall is constructed so that the plug can be locked by the locking member when the plug is inserted into the socket, and the mounted plug is Since the locking of the plug by the locking member can be released by the release mechanism when the plug is rotated in one direction, the plug can be attached to and detached from the socket by inserting the plug and rotating the plug. Therefore, the plug can be attached and detached by the operation of one hand, and the operability can be improved.

Further, a socket is attached to the housing so that the surface thereof is substantially the same as the wall surface, and a mounting member configured to urge the surface of the housing to the back surface side by a spring and to be movable to the front and back surfaces is mounted. When the dust cap that covers the hole is rotatably attached to the attachment member and is covered with a cover, the surface of the socket is exposed by rotating the dust cap with one hand to plug the socket into the socket. Can be attached.

When the socket is covered with the dust cap when not in use, the socket can be covered to prevent contamination, and the surfaces of the cover and the dust cap are substantially the same as the wall surface. It is possible to improve the aesthetics because there is no protruding part for.

A base plate having one round hole and a plurality of elongated holes is attached to the bottom surface of the housing to fix the socket, and a surface plate having one round hole and a plurality of elongated holes formed on the surface of the housing. When the cover is attached and the cover is fixed, even when the housing is inclined in the left-right direction and embedded in the wall, when the base plate and the surface plate are attached to the housing, You can fix the inclination of the body and attach the cover horizontally. For this reason,
At least the cover can be attached horizontally to the wall surface, which improves the appearance.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the pipe terminal will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a front view of the pipe terminal, FIG. 2 is a view for explaining the configuration of the pipe terminal, and is a side sectional view of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a plan view of FIG. 1 which is a partial cross-section for explaining the configuration of the piping terminal device, FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of the socket and a cross-sectional view of FIG. FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the attachment structure of the dust cap, and FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view illustrating the configuration of the housing.

In the figure, the pipe terminal A is embedded in a predetermined wall in a hospital and installed so that its surface is substantially the same as the wall surface. This piping terminal A is
It is composed of a housing B embedded in the wall, a socket C attached to the housing B, and a cover D for covering the surfaces of the housing B and the socket C. Further, the pipe terminal A is provided with one or more sockets C connected to medical oxygen gas pipes, laughing gas pipes, compressed air pipes, and vacuum pipes laid in the wall depending on the installation location. There is.

As shown in FIG. 7, the housing B comprises a box-shaped main body 1, a base plate 2 attached to the bottom surface 1a of the main body 1, and a surface plate 3 attached to the front surface 1b of the main body 1. Has been done.

The main body 1 is fixed by bolts (not shown) in the recess formed in the wall surface, and has a length corresponding to the number of sockets C required for the piping terminal A, and sockets C.
Is formed with a depth such that the surface of the socket C becomes a surface substantially equal to the wall surface when the socket is attached. A plurality of screw holes 1c are formed at a constant pitch on the bottom surface 1a and the front surface 1b of the main body 1.

The base plate 2 is a member for mounting the socket C, and is configured to be able to correct this inclination when the main body 1 is inclined and fixed in the wall.
For this reason, one round hole 2a and a plurality of elongated holes 2b are formed in the base plate 2 so as to face the screw holes 1c formed in the bottom surface 1a of the main body 1. The round hole 2a is formed at a position facing the screw hole 1c formed at the most corner of the bottom surface 1a, and the plurality of elongated holes 2b is formed at a position facing the other screw hole 1c formed on the bottom surface 1a. ing.

Therefore, when the main body 1 is inclined and fixed in the wall, when the base plate 2 is fixed to the bottom surface 1a,
By rotating the base plate 2 around the round hole 2a within the length range of the long hole 2b, the inclination of the main body 1 can be corrected and the base plate 2 can be mounted horizontally.

The surface plate 3 is a member for mounting the cover D, and is configured to be able to correct this inclination when the main body 1 is inclined and fixed in the wall. Therefore, like the base plate 2, the front plate 3 is
A round hole 3a is formed at a position facing the most screw hole 1c formed on the surface 1b of the main body 1, and a long hole 3b is formed at a position facing the other screw holes 1c.

Therefore, when the main body 1 is inclined and fixed in the wall, when the surface plate 3 is fixed to the surface 1b, the surface plate 3 is rotated within the length range of the long hole 3b with the round hole 3a as the center. By moving it, it is possible to correct the inclination of the main body 1. As described above, by mounting the cover D on the surface plate 3 in which the inclination of the main body 1 is corrected, the cover D is arranged horizontally, and the patient does not feel discomfort or anxiety.

The socket C is connected to a pipe (not shown) laid in the wall via an intermediate pipe 4 and a base block 5 fixed to the base plate 2. Further, the socket C is configured so that the plug 6 shown in FIG. 5 can be easily attached and detached by the operation of one hand, and when the plug 6 is attached, the plug 6
And the gas or vacuum pressure is made to act on the patient, and the gas or vacuum pressure can be cut off when the plug 6 is removed.

The plug 6 will be described with reference to FIG. The plug 6 is connected to a hose 7 having a mask or a suction bottle (not shown) attached to one end. The plug 6 has a taper portion 6a that is inserted into the socket C on the tip side.
And an insertion portion 6 comprising an engagement groove 6b which engages with a locking member 14 provided in the socket C when inserted into the socket C.
c is formed, and the knob 6d is formed continuously with the insertion portion 6c. The pin 6d is provided with two pins 6e whose positions are set in advance according to the type of gas.

The socket C is a housing 8 fixed to the housing B, a ring member 10 slidably fitted in the housing 8 in the direction of the shaft 9, and a housing 8 fitted in the ring member 10 with respect to the housing 8. An adapter socket 11 configured to be slidable and rotatable in the direction of the shaft 9 is attached to the housing 8 so as to separate the ring member 10 and the adapter socket 11 along the shaft 9 from the bottom of the housing 8. A compression torsion spring 12 that urges the adapter socket 11 to rotate in one direction, and a valve block 13 that is attached to the housing 8 and that opens and closes gas as the plug 6 is attached and detached.
And a pair of locking members 14 for locking the plug 6 mounted in the adapter socket 11.

A hole 11a is formed in the center of the adapter socket 11 so as to coincide with the shaft 9 and into which the insertion portion 6c of the plug 6 is inserted. On the side surface of the adapter socket 11, when the plug 6 is inserted into the socket C and the valve body 13c of the valve block 13 is opened, a groove 11b for mounting the locking member 14 is formed at a position facing the engaging groove 6b. (See FIG. 4). A pair of leaf springs 15 for urging the locking member 14 in the direction of the shaft 9 are attached to the boss portion 11c formed on the bottom surface side of the adapter socket 11.

The wall 11d of the adapter socket 11 left by forming the groove 11b is provided with a screw 11e as shown in FIG. In the figure, 16 is a locking member that projects at the tip into the groove 11b of the adapter socket 11.
A release pin having an abutting portion 16a that abuts 14;
Is a guide pin screwed into the screw 11e of the adapter socket 11.

On the surface 11f of the adapter socket 11, there are two pin holes 11 whose positions are preset depending on the type of gas.
g is formed, and the plug 6 can be inserted into the socket C only when the pin 6e provided on the plug 6 is aligned with the pin hole 11g. A support hole 11h for supporting one end of the spring 12 is formed on the surface of the adapter socket 11 facing the compression torsion spring 12.

A screw 10a is formed on the side surface of the ring member 10 at a position facing the groove 11b formed in the adapter socket 11, and a long hole 10b in the circumferential direction is formed at a position facing the screw 11e. Has been done. The screw 10a is a release pin
16 are screwed together, and the long hole 10b has a guide pin 17
To rotate the adapter socket 11 in the circumferential direction. Further, a contact portion 10c is formed at a position where the ring member 10 comes into contact with the coil portion of the compression torsion spring 12.

A ring member on the side surface of the housing 8.
A pair of elongated holes 8a are formed at positions corresponding to the screws 10a parallel to the shaft 9, and at positions corresponding to the elongated holes 10b are L-shaped parallel to the elongated holes 8a and along the circumferential direction. Long hole 8b
Are formed. The elongated hole 8a guides the release pin 16 screwed to the ring member 10 to slide the member 10 and the adapter socket 11 in the direction of the shaft 9, and the elongated hole 8b forms the ring member 10 and the adapter socket. When 11 is pushed in the direction approaching the bottom of the housing 8, the guide pin 17 is guided to rotate the adapter socket 11 in the circumferential direction. A support hole 8c for supporting one end of the compression torsion spring 12 is formed on the inner bottom surface of the housing 8.

The valve block 13 is constructed by arranging a valve seat 13b, a valve body 13c, and a spring 13d for urging the valve body 13c in the direction of the valve seat 13b inside the casing 13a. Is urged by the spring 13d to close the valve seat 13b to block the flow of gas, and when used, the valve body 13c is displaced by the plug 6 in the direction in which it separates from the valve seat 13b against the urging force of the spring 13d. Then, the gas is circulated.

The socket C constructed as described above is constructed by fitting the valve block 13 into the accommodation hole 6a formed in the base block 5 and attaching the housing 8 to the surface plate 3 via the attachment plate 18. It is fixed to B. At this time, since the length from the end of the valve block 13 of the socket C to the surface 11f of the adapter socket 11 is preset at the design stage, the depth of the main body 1 is set to a value corresponding to the length of the socket C. The surface that is also the surface of socket C by setting
It is possible to set 11f to be substantially flush with the wall surface.

Next, the operation of attaching and detaching the plug 6 to and from the socket C configured as described above will be described. Socket C
At this time, the locking member 14 is constantly urged by the leaf spring 15 in the direction of the shaft 9. In this state, adapter socket 11
When the plug 6 having the pin 6e corresponding to the pin hole 11g is inserted into the hole 11a of the adapter socket 11, the locking member 14 comes into contact with the tapered portion 6a and separates from the shaft 9 as shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. Move in the direction you want to. When the plug 6 is further inserted and the engaging groove 6b faces the locking member 14,
As shown by the solid line in the figure, the locking member 14 engages with the engagement groove 6b and the plug 6 is mounted in the socket C. This operation can be performed with one hand.

When the plug 6 is attached to the socket C, the adapter socket 11 and the ring member 10 are urged by the compression torsion spring 12 in the direction of the axis 9 in the direction away from the valve block 13 attached to the housing 8. There is. At this time, the guide pin 17 screwed into the adapter socket 11 is located at the end of a portion of the L-shaped elongated hole 8b formed in the housing 8 parallel to the axis 9 and is rotated in the circumferential direction by the elongated hole 8b. The movement has been blocked. Therefore, in this state, the plug 6
Is not rotatable and cannot be easily removed.

When removing the plug 6 attached to the socket C, when the knob 6d is grasped and the plug 6 is pushed,
The adapter socket 11 and the ring member 10 are the housing 8
Of the long hole 8a and the long hole 8b of the ring member 10 pushed along the portions parallel to the axis 9 and formed in the circumferential direction of the ring member 10.
b and the portion of the elongated hole 8b in the circumferential direction coincide with each other. Thereafter, when the plug 6 is rotated in the circumferential direction against the biasing force of the compression torsion spring 12, only the adapter socket 11 is rotated, and the wall portion 11d is locked by the locking member 14 with this rotation. Abut the member
14 is moved away from the shaft 9. At this time, one end of the locking member 14 contacts the contact portion 16a of the release pin 16 so that the locking member 14 moves smoothly in the direction away from the shaft 9. And the adapter socket 11 has the long holes 8b, 10
When the end of b is reached, the engagement of the locking member 14 with the engagement groove 6b is released, and the plug 6 can be removed from the socket C by pulling it out.

As described above, the operation of mounting the plug 6 in the socket C is simply inserting the insertion portion 6c of the plug 6 into the hole 11a of the adapter socket 11, and the operation of removing the grip portion 6d of the plug 6 is performed. Then push it in and rotate it. Therefore, it is possible to easily operate with one hand, and it is possible to improve operability.

The surface of the case B to which the socket C is fixed is covered with a cover D. Cover D is a cover plate
20, a dust cap 21, and an attachment member 22 that rotatably attaches the dust cap 21 to the cover plate 20.

The cover plate 20 is arranged on a surface substantially equal to the wall surface, and is designed so as to give a favorable impression to the patient without impairing the function of the piping terminal A. A hook portion 20a is formed at the upper end of the cover plate 20, and a hole 20b through which the plug 6 is inserted is formed substantially at the center. A mounting hole 20c for mounting the mounting member 22 is formed at a preset position above the hole 20b (see FIG. 6). This cover plate 20 has a hook
The case B can be covered by hooking 20a on the upper end of the surface plate 3 of the housing B and fastening the lower end to the surface plate 3 with a screw 23.

The dust cap 21 covers the hole 20b of the cover plate 20 when the pipe terminal A is not used and covers the socket C.
By protecting the socket C, the socket C is prevented from being contaminated, and the hole 20b can be easily opened at the time of use to maintain the open position. As shown in FIG. 6, the dust cap 21 includes a cover portion 21a that covers the hole 20b and a rotation support portion 21b. The rotation support portion 21
b is composed of three orthogonal sides.

The mounting member 22 is composed of a plate-shaped mounting portion 22a for mounting the dust cap 21 and a support portion 22b formed at an end of the mounting portion 22a. The mounting portion 22a is inserted into a mounting hole 20c formed at a predetermined position above the hole 20b of the cover plate 20 and protrudes toward the front surface side of the cover plate 20, and the dust cap 21 is rotatably supported by the protruding mounting portion 22a. The part 21b is attached. In addition, a mounting member is provided between the support portion 22b and the back surface of the cover plate 20.
A spring 24 for urging 22 to the back side of the cover plate 20 is attached.

Therefore, the dust cap 21 has the rotation support portion 21.
When b is pressed against the cover plate 20 and each side of the rotation support portion 21b comes into contact with the surface of the cover plate 20 and is rotated every 90 degrees, the rotation position can be maintained.

[0044]

As described in detail above, in the pipe terminal according to the present invention, the plate can be attached to and detached from the socket by one-handed operation. Therefore, it is possible to easily perform the work when treating the patient with gas or vacuum pressure, and easily and stably attach and detach the plug even when the mask or the suction bottle is held in one hand. You can

Further, the socket is attached to the housing so that the surface thereof is substantially the same as the wall surface, and the mounting member configured so that the surface of the housing is biased by the spring to the back side and movable to the front and back sides is attached. In addition, when the dust cap that covers the hole is attached to the attachment member by a cover that is rotatably attached, the dust cap can be turned with one hand and the turning posture can be maintained. Therefore, at the time of use, the surface of the socket can be easily exposed and the plug can be attached to the socket. In addition, by covering the socket with the dust cap when not in use, it is possible to prevent contamination of the socket, and since the surfaces of the cover and the dust cap are substantially the same as the wall surface, there is no protrusion to the indoor side and it is beautiful. Can be improved.

A base plate having one round hole and a plurality of elongated holes is attached to the bottom surface of the housing to fix the socket, and a surface plate having one round hole and a plurality of elongated holes formed on the surface of the housing. If the cover is attached and the cover can be fixed, even if the housing is tilted in the left-right direction and embedded in the wall, correct the tilt and mount the cover horizontally. Can be done. Therefore, at least the cover can be attached in a horizontal state with respect to the wall surface, and the appearance can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pipe terminal.

FIG. 2 is a view for explaining the configuration of a pipe terminal and is a side sectional view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of FIG. 1 with a partial cross section for explaining the configuration of the pipe terminal.

4 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of the socket, which is a cross-sectional view taken along line YY of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a side view of the plug.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view illustrating a mounting structure of a dust cap.

FIG. 7 is a schematic perspective view illustrating the configuration of a housing.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a conventional piping terminal device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Piping Terminal B Housing C Socket D Cover 1 Main Body 2 Base Plates 2a, 3a Round Holes 2b, 3b Long Hole 3 Surface Plate 5 Base Block 6 Plug 6a Tapered Part 6b Engaging Groove 6e Pin 8 Housing 8a Long Hole 8b L-shape -Shaped long hole 9 Shaft 10 Ring member 10a Screw 10b Long hole 11 Adapter socket 11a Hole 11b Groove 11d Wall 11e Threaded portion 11g Pin hole 12 Compression torsion spring 13 Valve block 14 Locking member 15 Leaf spring 16 Release pin 17 Guide pin 20 Cover plate 21 Dust cap 21b Rotation support part 22 Mounting member 24 Spring

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A pipe terminal comprising a housing embedded in a wall and a socket which is connected to a pipe laid inside the wall and has a plug provided with a pin at a predetermined position so that a plug is detachable. And a locking member that locks the socket when the plug is inserted, and a release mechanism that unlocks the plug by the locking member when the mounted plug is rotated in one direction. A piping terminal characterized in that it is provided with. 2. The socket, wherein the socket is fixed to a housing, a ring member is slidably fitted in the housing, and the socket is fitted in the ring member and provided on a surface of the plug. An adapter socket configured to be movable in the axial direction and the circumferential direction while forming a hole to be fitted with the pin, and a locking member mounted on the adapter socket and configured to be movable in the direction orthogonal to the axial direction, A biasing member that biases the locking member in the axial direction, and a release member that moves the locking member in a direction away from the axial center when the adapter socket is rotated in one direction. The pipe terminal according to claim 1, which is configured. 3. A compression torsion spring is disposed between the housing, the ring member and the adapter socket, one end of the compression torsion spring is fixed to the housing and the other end is fixed to the adapter socket, and a coil is used. The part is brought into contact with the housing and the ring member.
Piping terminal described. 4. A socket is attached to the housing such that the surface of the housing is substantially the same as the wall surface, a hole for inserting a plug is formed at a position facing the socket on the surface of the housing, and a spring is provided in the vicinity of the hole. A mounting member configured to be urged to the back surface side and movable to the front and back surfaces side by a mounting method, and a dust cap that covers the hole is rotatably mounted to the mounting member. The pipe terminal according to claim 1, which is characterized. 5. A base plate having one round hole and a plurality of elongated holes at positions facing a plurality of screw holes formed on the bottom surface of the housing, and a plurality of screws formed on the surface of the housing. 2. A surface plate having one round hole and a plurality of elongated holes formed at positions facing the holes, the socket being fixed to the base plate and the cover being fixed to the surface plate. Plumbing terminal.