Coupling-equipped pipe and apparatus for manufacturing the same

• US 20030214131A1
• Filed: 04/25/2003
• Published: 11/20/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kanaflex Corporation (Kanaflex Corporation Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Kanaflex Corporation (Kanaflex Corporation Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kanao, Shigeki
• Application Number:
  US10/423,025
• Publication Number:
  US 20030214131A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 285/238
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 21/002 Sleeves or nipples for pipes of the same diameter; Reduction pieces with elastic sealing rings F16L21/022
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 25/0036 Joints for corrugated pipes
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 25/0063 with two corrugated pipes being directly connected to each other

Abstract

The present invention relates to provide a coupling-equipped pipe which prevents cost increasing, and which also enables to perform connection work quickly and easily, and enables to stop water leakage in a secure manner. A coupling-equipped pipe 4 is constructed by inserting, into one end of a pipe main body 1 made of a synthetic resin and formed in a spiral shape wherein projecting parts 1A and recessed parts 1B are alternately positioned in the axial direction of the pipe, a tubular metal socket 2 having an external diameter larger than the internal diameter of the pipe main body, and inserting into the other end of the pipe main body 1, a tubular metal spigot 3 having an external diameter larger than the internal diameter of the pipe main body 1, and which has a tip end insertion part 3X capable being inserted into the socket 2 and connected therewith.

Claims

1. A coupling-equipped pipe which is made of a synthetic resin, and which is formed by inserting, into one end of a pipe main body which is formed in a spiral shape in which projecting parts and recessed parts are alternately positioned in the direction of the pipe axis, a tubular socket made of metal which has an external diameter that is larger than the internal diameter of said pipe main body, and by further inserting, into the other end of said pipe main body, a tubular spigot made of metal which has an external diameter that is larger than the internal diameter of said pipe main body, and which also has a tip-end insertion part that can be inserted into said socket and connected therewith.

3. The coupling-equipped pipe according to claim 1, wherein said socket and spigot are respectively constituted by tubular bodies with a tapered shape that is tapered inward toward the tip end with respect to the direction of insertion, annular sealing members made of a fusible synthetic resin are provided to the outside surfaces of said tubular bodies, said tapered socket or spigot is inserted from the tip end into said pipe main body as far as a position where the diameter of said pipe main body is not thereby expanded, and in this inserted state, said socket or spigot is further inserted into said pipe main body, as far as a set position, while the sealing member is thermally fused or thermally deformed, whereby the end portion of said pipe main body is thermally deformed into a shape that spreads outward.

4. The coupling-equipped pipe according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein plate-form metal reinforcing members are disposed in the form of bands on the projecting parts of said pipe main body.

5. The coupling-equipped pipe according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein a sealing material is provided to at least one of the socket and the spigot, so that a sealing treatment is performed between the socket and spigot when these are connected.

6. The coupling-equipped pipe according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein recessed parts that are recessed inward in the direction of diameter of the pipe and projecting parts that protrude outward in the direction of diameter of the pipe are formed in said socket and spigot, and the socket and spigot that have these recessed parts and projecting parts are inserted into said pipe main body.

7. The coupling-equipped pipe according to claim 6, wherein said recessed parts are formed in an annular shape, these recessed parts are constructed as attachment parts for the attachment of the sealing material used for sealing to said pipe main body, and said projecting parts are constructed as regulating parts which are used to contact and regulate the positions at which said socket and spigot are inserted into said pipe main body.

8. The coupling-equipped pipe according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the spaces formed between the recessed parts of said socket and spigot and the inside surface of said pipe main body in a state in which said socket and spigot are inserted into said pipe main body are filled with a molten resin via a single opening or a plurality of openings formed in said socket and spigot.

9. The coupling-equipped pipe according to claim 8, wherein a covering layer made of a synthetic resin is disposed on the outside surfaces of said socket and spigot.

10. The coupling-equipped pipe according to any of claims 1 through 9, wherein the inside surface of said pipe main body is formed as a flat surface.

11. The coupling-equipped pipe according to claim 6, wherein said recessed parts are formed with an annular shape, these recessed parts are constructed as attachment parts for the disposition of a sealing material used for sealing to the pipe main body, the sealing material that is disposed inside these attachment parts is constructed from band-form members consisting of a synthetic resin that can be thermally fused to a metal, some or all of the attachment parts are pressed and deformed outward in the direction of diameter of the pipe from the center of the pipe by pressing deformation means, and the pipe main body and socket or spigot are connected by heating and fusing the band-form members inside the attachment parts by means of a high-frequency heating device in a state in which the attachment parts are deformed by the pressing deformation means.

12. The coupling-equipped pipe according to claim 11, wherein said sealing material is heated and fused by disposing a heating coil constituting said high-frequency heating device inside said socket or spigot.

13. The coupling-equipped pipe according to claim 11 or claim 12, wherein said band-form members are formed by dispersing a conductive filler such as carbon black or the like in a synthetic resin, disposing a metal mesh on either the front surface or back surface, or on both surfaces, of a band-form main body made of a synthetic resin, or disposing said metal mesh inside a band-form main body made of a synthetic resin.

2. A coupling-equipped pipe which is made of a synthetic resin, and which is formed by inserting, into one end of a pipe main body which is formed in a spiral shape in which projecting parts and recessed parts are alternately positioned in the direction of the pipe axis, a tubular socket made of metal which has an external diameter that is smaller than the internal diameter of said pipe main body, then expanding the diameter of at least a portion of said socket, and by further inserting, into the other end of said pipe main body, a tubular spigot made of metal which has an external diameter that is smaller than the internal diameter of said pipe main body, and which also has a tip-end insertion part that can be inserted into said socket and connected therewith, then expanding the diameter of at least a portion of said spigot.

14. An apparatus for manufacturing a coupling-equipped pipe, comprising:

a rotatable rotating stand capable of carrying a pipe main body which is made of a synthetic resin, and which is formed in a spiral shape in which projecting parts and recessed parts are alternately positioned in the axial direction of the pipe;

insertion means for inserting a tubular socket or spigot which is made of a metal and has a sealing material consisting of a synthetic resin that can be thermally fused to a metal inside a recessed part that is recessed inward in the direction of diameter of the pipe, said insertion means being provided at one of the two ends of the pipe main body with respect to the axial direction of the pipe carried on said rotating stand; and

heating coil insertion means provided at the other end of the pipe main body for inserting a heating coil that constitutes a high-frequency heating device into said pipe main body;

wherein the apparatus further comprises;

direction changing means which rotate said rotating stand after the socket or spigot has been inserted into said pipe main body by said insertion means so that said pipe main body is caused to undergo a change in direction of approximately 180 degrees; and

thermal fusion means for causing thermal fusion of said sealing material after said heating coil has been inserted into said socket or spigot following the change in direction of said pipe main body.