HOUSING-TYPE PIPE JOINT

• US 20120256416A1
• Filed: 12/10/2010
• Published: 10/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Victaulic Company Of Japan Limited
• Original Assignee: The Victaulic Company Of Japan Limited
• Inventors: Noda, Yuji, Ikeda, Shintaro
• Granted Patent: US 9,285,061 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 285/365
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 17/04 with longitudinally split or divided sleeve
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 21/005 made of elastic material, e.g. partly or completely surrounded by clamping devices comprising packing adapted to sealing by fluid pressure F16L17/04, F16L11/20; hose clips F16L33/02
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 25/12 Joints for pipes being spaced apart axially

Abstract

Provided is a housing type pipe joint to enable the confirmation of an appropriate fastening degree of a joint and reduce a load of a fastening work. The housing-type pipe joint includes a pair of joint segments, an elastic seal ring, and a fastening means fastening the pair of joint segments, in which the joint segments each have an arc portion, flange portions extending from both ends of the arc portion, a concave groove formed in an inner peripheral surface of the arc portion to have the elastic seal ring fit therein, and in which the fastening means makes the flanges of the both joint segments approach each other to make the arc portions bend so that radii of curvature of the arc portions become smaller, and when, as a result of the bending, peripheral edges of the arc portions match outer surfaces of the pipes that are to be coupled, the coupling of the pipes is completed, the housing-type pipe joint including marks on the peripheral edge regions of the arc portions, wherein, when the peripheral edges of the arc portions corresponding to the marks come into contact with the outer surfaces of the pipes, the coupling of the pipes is completed.

Claims

1. A housing-type pipe joint that couples pipes facing each other,

which includes a pair of joint segments, an elastic seal ring, and a fastening means fastening the pair of joint segments, and

in which the joint segments each have an arc portion, flange portions extending from both ends of the arc portion, and a concave groove formed in an inner peripheral surface of the arc portion to have the elastic seal ring fit therein, and

in which the fastening means makes the flanges of the both joint segments approach each other to make the arc portions bend so that radii of curvature of the arc portions become smaller, and when, as a result of the bending, peripheral edges of the arc portions match outer surfaces of the pipes that are to be coupled, the coupling of the pipes is completed,

the housing-type pipe joint comprising marks on peripheral edge regions of the arc portions,

wherein, when positions of the peripheral edges of the arc portions corresponding to the marks come into contact with the outer surfaces of the pipes, the coupling of the pipes is completed.

2. The housing-type pipe joint according to claim 1,

wherein the housing-type pipe joint couples and fixes pipes each having a circumferential groove in a pipe end portion,

wherein the joint segments each have convex strip portions provided on an inner peripheral surface of the arc portion and positioned in the circumferential grooves,

wherein, as the facing flanges are made to approach each other by the fastening means, the joint segments are rotated in opposite directions respectively, and

wherein, when the positions of the peripheral edges of the arc portions corresponding to the marks come into contact with the outer surfaces of the pipes as a result of the rotation, the convex strip portions are brought into pressure contact with far end-side walls of the circumferential grooves.

4. The housing-type pipe joint according to claim 1, wherein the marks are provided on both arc end portions of the peripheral edge regions of the arc portions.

5. The housing-type pipe joint according to claim 1, wherein the marks are each at a position 15 to 60 degrees away from a vertical line directed from an arc center of the arc portion toward a middle of the arc portion.

6. The housing-type pipe joint according to claim 1, wherein in the peripheral edge regions of the arc portion of each of the joint segments, predetermined ranges starting from flange portion-side both ends are cut in directions toward an arc middle, and arc middle-side ends of the cut portions are the marks.

7. The housing-type pipe joint according to claim 1, wherein the elastic seal ring has an annular piece extending toward an inner periphery side and positioned between pipe end surfaces of the pipes that are to be coupled, and the elastic seal ring is fit in advance in the concave grooves in a state where an axis of the annular piece is not parallel to axes of the joint segments.

8. The housing-type pipe joint according to claim 1,

wherein an outer peripheral-side arc end portion of each of the arc portions has:

an L-shaped convex bank extending in an L-shape from an axial-direction one end side of the arc portion and projecting toward the facing joint segment;

an L-shaped chipped portion formed continuously from the L-shaped convex bank to the axial-direction other end of the arc portion and chipped in the L-shape; and

a stepped portion formed between the L-shaped convex bank and the L-shaped chipped portion,

wherein, when the facing flanges are made to approach each other by the fastening means and the joint segments are rotated, the joint segments move so that the L-shaped convex bank of one of the joint segments and the L-shaped chipped portion of the other joint segment engage with each other, and

wherein, when the marks substantially come into contact with the outer surfaces of the pipes, the L-shaped convex bank and the L-shaped chipped portion completely engage with each other to form a spigot coupling restricting each other'"'"'s movement.

9. The housing-type pipe joint according to claim 2, wherein the marks are provided on both arc end portions of the peripheral edge regions of the arc portions.

11. The housing-type pipe joint according to claim 2, wherein the marks are each at a position 15 to 60 degrees away from a vertical line directed from an arc center of the arc portion toward a middle of the arc portion.

13. The housing-type pipe joint according to claim 2, wherein in the peripheral edge regions of the arc portion of each of the joint segments, predetermined ranges starting from flange portion-side both ends are cut in directions toward an arc middle, and arc middle-side ends of the cut portions are the marks.

15. The housing-type pipe joint according to claim 2, wherein the elastic seal ring has an annular piece extending toward an inner periphery side and positioned between pipe end surfaces of the pipes that are to be coupled, and the elastic seal ring is fit in advance in the concave grooves in a state where an axis of the annular piece is not parallel to axes of the joint segments.

17. The housing-type pipe joint according to claim 2,

wherein an outer peripheral-side arc end portion of each of the arc portions has:

an L-shaped convex bank extending in an L-shape from an axial-direction one end side of the arc portion and projecting toward the facing joint segment;

an L-shaped chipped portion formed continuously from the L-shaped convex bank to the axial-direction other end of the arc portion and chipped in the L-shape; and

a stepped portion formed between the L-shaped convex bank and the L-shaped chipped portion,

wherein, when the facing flanges are made to approach each other by the fastening means and the joint segments are rotated, the joint segments move so that the L-shaped convex bank of one of the joint segments and the L-shaped chipped portion of the other joint segment engage with each other, and

wherein, when the marks substantially come into contact with the outer surfaces of the pipes, the L-shaped convex bank and the L-shaped chipped portion completely engage with each other to form a spigot coupling restricting each other'"'"'s movement.

3. A housing-type pipe joint which includes a pair of joint segments, an elastic seal ring, and a fastening means fastening flanges of the pair of joint segments and couples and fixes pipes each having a circumferential groove in a pipe end portion,

wherein the fastening means makes the flanges of the joint segments approach each other,

wherein the joint segments each have:

an arc portion;

flange portions extending from both ends of the arc portion;

a concave groove which is formed in an inner peripheral surface of the arc portion and in which the elastic seal ring is fit;

convex strip portions formed on both sides of the concave groove on the inner peripheral surface of the arc portion and rising in a radius direction of the arc portion; and

a mark provided on a peripheral edge region of the arc portion,

wherein, when the flanges of the joint segments are made to approach each other by the fastening means from a state where the convex strip portions are positioned in the circumferential grooves of the facing pipes, the joint segments bend in a direction so that radii of curvature of the arc portions of the joint segments become smaller and peripheral edges of the arc portions match outer surfaces of the pipes that are to be coupled, and the joint segments rotate in directions so that axes of the arc portions become parallel to a pipe axis and in opposite directions, and

wherein, when the arc portions bend until positions of the peripheral edges of the arc portions corresponding to the marks come into contact with the outer surfaces of the pipes, the convex strip portions are brought into pressure contact with far end-side walls and near end-side walls of the circumferential grooves and the coupling of the pipes is completed.

10. The housing-type pipe joint according to claim 3, wherein the marks are provided on both arc end portions of the peripheral edge regions of the arc portions.

12. The housing-type pipe joint according to claim 3, wherein the marks are each at a position 15 to 60 degrees away from a vertical line directed from an arc center of the arc portion toward a middle of the arc portion.

14. The housing-type pipe joint according to claim 3, wherein in the peripheral edge regions of the arc portion of each of the joint segments, predetermined ranges starting from flange portion-side both ends are cut in directions toward an arc middle, and arc middle-side ends of the cut portions are the marks.

16. The housing-type pipe joint according to claim 3, wherein the elastic seal ring has an annular piece extending toward an inner periphery side and positioned between pipe end surfaces of the pipes that are to be coupled, and the elastic seal ring is fit in advance in the concave grooves in a state where an axis of the annular piece is not parallel to axes of the joint segments.

18. The housing-type pipe joint according to claim 3,

wherein an outer peripheral-side arc end portion of each of the arc portions has:

an L-shaped convex bank extending in an L-shape from an axial-direction one end side of the arc portion and projecting toward the facing joint segment;

an L-shaped chipped portion formed continuously from the L-shaped convex bank to the axial-direction other end of the arc portion and chipped in the L-shape; and

a stepped portion formed between the L-shaped convex bank and the L-shaped chipped portion,

wherein, when the facing flanges are made to approach each other by the fastening means and the joint segments are rotated, the joint segments move so that the L-shaped convex bank of one of the joint segments and the L-shaped chipped portion of the other joint segment engage with each other, and

wherein, when the marks substantially come into contact with the outer surfaces of the pipes, the L-shaped convex bank and the L-shaped chipped portion completely engage with each other to form a spigot coupling restricting each other'"'"'s movement.