SPIRALLY WAVED SYNTHETIC RESIN CONDUIT WITH COUPLING, AND CONNECTION STRUCTURE FOR SPIRALLY WAVED SYNTHETIC RESIN CONDUIT

• US 20140124081A1
• Filed: 05/10/2011
• Published: 05/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kanaflex Corporation (Kanaflex Corporation Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Kanaflex Corporation (Kanaflex Corporation Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kanao, Shigeki
• Application Number:
  US14/116,527
• Publication Number:
  US 20140124081A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 138/144
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 53/785 with reinforcements
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 25/0036 Joints for corrugated pipes
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 33/28 for hoses with one end terminating in a radial flange or collar
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 47/065 with sealing rings arranged between outer surface of pipe and inner surface of sleeve or socket, the sealing rings being placed previously on the male part
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 9/147 comprising only layers of metal and plastics with or without reinforcement

Abstract

A spirally waved synthetic resin conduit has a coupling and a connection structure, and is configured with a small number of components, achieving sufficient water and pressure resistances, excellent sealing properties with no need for any rigid material or high accuracy, reduction in weight and cost, and easy handling with facilitated connection work on site. The spirally waved synthetic resin conduit, provided with a coupling, includes a receiver opening provided at an end of the conduit and connected to another spirally waved synthetic resin conduit. The receiver opening is formed with a foamable resin into a cylindrical shape so as to extend from the end of the spirally waved synthetic resin conduit in an axial direction of the conduit, and an FRP layer is formed by impregnating reinforcing fibers with a resin, at least on an outer peripheral surface of the formed receiver opening at a connection end.

Claims

1. A spirally waved synthetic resin conduit provided with a coupling, the conduit comprising a receiver opening provided at an end of the conduit and connected to another spirally waved synthetic resin conduit, wherein

the receiver opening is formed with a foamable resin into a cylindrical shape so as to extend from the end of the spirally waved synthetic resin conduit in an axial direction of the conduit, and

an FRP layer is formed by impregnating reinforcing fibers with a resin, at least on an outer peripheral surface of the formed receiver opening at an connection end.

2. The spirally waved synthetic resin conduit provided with a coupling according to claim 1, wherein the FRP layer is provided further on an end surface of the receiver opening.

3. The spirally waved synthetic resin conduit provided with a coupling according to claim 1, wherein a reinforcing member is provided at the receiver opening.

4. The spirally waved synthetic resin conduit provided with a coupling according to claim 3, wherein as the reinforcing member, a spirally waved synthetic resin conduit component having an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of the spirally waved conduit is embedded coaxially with the spirally waved synthetic resin conduit.

5. The spirally waved synthetic resin conduit provided with a coupling according to claim 3, wherein as the reinforcing member, a spirally waved synthetic resin conduit component having an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of the spirally waved conduit is embedded coaxially with the spirally waved synthetic resin conduit, with an outer peripheral surface thereof being partially exposed.

6. The spirally waved synthetic resin conduit provided with a coupling according to claim 3, wherein as the reinforcing member, a circular conduit component having an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of the spirally waved conduit is embedded coaxially with the spirally waved synthetic resin conduit.

7. The spirally waved synthetic resin conduit provided with a coupling according to claim 3, wherein as the reinforcing member, reinforcing fiber chips are embedded so as to be dispersed.

8. The spirally waved synthetic resin conduit provided with a coupling according to claim 3, wherein as the reinforcing member, a circular conduit component having an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of the spirally waved conduit is embedded coaxially with the spirally waved synthetic resin conduit, and reinforcing fiber chips are embedded so as to be dispersed.

9. The spirally waved synthetic resin conduit provided with a coupling according to claim 1, wherein the reinforcing fibers are provided as a chopped strand mat, a plain woven glass cloth, etc. obtained by forming glass fibers into a tape or sheet shape.

10. The spirally waved synthetic resin conduit provided with a coupling according to claim 1, wherein the spirally waved portion is configured by stacking a steel plate formed spirally to have a convex shape in cross section and a synthetic resin coating the steel plate.

11. A connection structure between the spirally waved synthetic resin conduit provided with a coupling according to claim 1 and a spirally waved synthetic resin conduit including an inserted opening configured to be inserted into the receiver opening of the spirally waved synthetic resin conduit provided with a coupling, wherein

the inserted opening is substantially same in length as the receiver opening extending in the axial direction of the conduit, and has a smooth outer peripheral surface so as to be engaged with the receiver opening.

12. The connection structure for the spirally waved synthetic resin conduit according to claim 11, wherein the inserted opening is formed to have the smooth outer peripheral surface by winding a belt-shaped resin having a convex shape in cross section along a spiral concave groove that is provided in the spirally waved synthetic resin conduit at a connection end, so as to be engaged with the spiral concave groove.

13. The connection structure for the spirally waved synthetic resin conduit according to claim 11, wherein the inserted opening is formed to have the smooth outer peripheral surface by filling a foamable resin in a spiral concave groove that is provided in the spirally waved synthetic resin conduit at a connection end.

14. The connection structure for the spirally waved synthetic resin conduit according to claim 11, wherein at least the outer peripheral surface of the inserted opening at a connection end is provided with an FRP layer by impregnating reinforcing fibers with a resin.

15. The connection structure for the spirally waved synthetic resin conduit according to claim 14, wherein the FRP layer is provided further on an end surface of the inserted opening.

16. The connection structure for the spirally waved synthetic resin conduit according to claim 14, wherein the reinforcing fibers are provided as a chopped strand mat or a plain woven glass cloth obtained by forming glass fibers into a tape or sheet shape, a plain woven glass cloth tape, carbon fibers, aramid fibers, or boron fibers.

17. The connection structure for the spirally waved synthetic resin conduit according to claim 11, wherein a circular conduit component having an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of the spirally waved conduit is embedded in the inserted opening so as to be coaxial with the spirally waved synthetic resin conduit.

18. The connection structure for the spirally waved synthetic resin conduit according to claim 11, wherein reinforcing fiber chips are embedded so as to be dispersed in the inserted opening.

19. The connection structure for the spirally waved synthetic resin conduit according to claim 11, wherein a circular conduit component having an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of the spirally waved conduit is embedded in the inserted opening so as to be coaxial with the spirally waved synthetic resin conduit, and reinforcing fiber chips are embedded so as to be dispersed in the inserted opening.

20. The connection structure for the spirally waved synthetic resin conduit according to claim 11, wherein a sealing member is provided at the inserted opening so as to seal a gap between the inserted opening and the receiver opening.