Pipe connector, pipe-connecting structure, and connecting method

• US 6,494,501 B2
• Filed: 05/15/2001
• Issued: 12/17/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyokutoh Industry Limited, Pioneer Electronics Technology Incorporated (Pioneer Corporation), Tld Tsukamoto Kuchosetsubi
• Original Assignee: Kyokutoh Industry Limited, Pioneer Electronics Technology Incorporated (Pioneer Corporation), Tsukamoto Kuchosetsubi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Gotoh, Yuuichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Sandy, Robert J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lugo, Carlos
• Application Number:
  US09/858,120
• Publication Number:
  US 20020014771A1
• Time in Patent Office: 581 Days
• Field of Search: 285/371, 285/335, 285/373, 285/398, 285/331, 285/915, 285/21.3, 285/285.1, 285/294.1, 285/354
• US Class Current: 285/371
• CPC Class Codes: F16L 13/103 Adhesive joints for hoses F16L33/34
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 285/915 Mastic

Abstract

A pipe joint connecting a pipe using an anaerobic adhesive, which possesses a double pipe structure formed with an inner pipe fitting into the inner circumference side of the end of the pipe, and an outer pipe fitting into the outer circumference side of the end of the pipe, integrated with a gap between them, and a tapered surface formed with at least one or the other of the inner piper or outer pipe approaching the other; and a pleated O-ring provided on the end of the outer pipe to set the pipe in place by tightening an O-ring locking material supported by the outer pipe.

Claims

1. A pipe joint for airtightly connecting a metal pipe using an adhesive, which is characterized in that a double pipe structure is formed with an inner pipe, which fits into the inner circumference side of the end of said metal pipe, and an outer pipe shorter than the inner pipe, which fits into the outer circumference side of the end of said metal pipe, said inner pipe and said outer pipe being integrated with a gap therebetween, and that a tapered surface is formed with at least one or the other of said inner pipe or outer pipe approaching the other, wherein the pipe joint comprises an O-ring provided between the end of said outer pipe and said pipe, and an O-ring locking material, which is supported by said outer pipe and fixes said O-ring.

2. The pipe joint as claimed in claim 1, wherein said O-ring is a protruding portion in a circular shape extending in the direction of the inner portion of said double structure and comprises a projecting portion to be inserted between the outer circumference of said pipe and the inner circumference of said outer pipe.

3. The pipe joint as claimed in claim 1, wherein said O-ring locking material is screwed on and is supported by said outer pipe.

4. A pipe joint kit which is characterized in that it comprises (1) a pipe joint for airtightly connecting a metal pipe using an adhesive, wherein a double pipe structure is formed with an inner pipe, which fits into the inner circumference side of the end of said metal pipe, and an outer pipe shorter than the inner pipe, which fits into the outer circumference side of the end of said metal pipe, said inner pipe and said outer pipe being integrated with a gap therebetween, and a tapered surface is formed with at least one or the other of said inner pipe or outer pipe approaching the other, (2) an anaerobic adhesive for joining a pipe and said pipe joint, and (3) a cap comprising a tube portion to be inserted between said gap provided between said inner pipe and said outer pipe when the adhesive is filled, a lid portion covering one end of the tube portion, an adhesive-filling slit formed on said tube portion and linked to said gap, and an air escape slit formed on said tube portion and linked to said gap.

5. The pipe joint as claimed in claim 4, wherein said O-ring is a protruding portion in a circular shape extending in the direction of inner side of said double structure and comprises a protruding portion to be inserted between the outer circumference of said pipe and the inner circumference of said outer pipe.

6. A pipe joint kit which is characterized by being used for airtightly connecting a metal pipe using an adhesive and by comprising (1) a main body with a double pipe structure formed with an inner pipe fitting in the inner circumference side of the end of said pipe and an outer pipe fitting in the outer circumference side of the end of said pipe, which is shorter than the inner pipe, integrated with a gap between the inner pipe and the outer pipe, (2) O-rings each of which is provided between the end of said outer pipe and said pipe, and (3) O-ring locking materials, which are supported by said outer pipe and fix said O-ring.

7. The pipe joint as claimed in claim 6, which is used for copper piping.

8. The pipe joint as claimed in claim 6, wherein said O-ring locking material is screwed on and is supported by said outer pipe.

9. A pipe joint kit, which is characterized in that a pipe joint as claimed in claim 6, and an anaerobic adhesive for joining a pipe and said pipe joint are combined.

10. A pipe connection structure, wherein a metal pipe is inserted in a gap between an inner pipe portion and an outer pipe portion from one end of a pipe joint having a double structure formed with the inner pipe portion and the outer pipe portion, said outer pipe portion being shorter than the inner pipe portion:

wherein said inner pipe portion and said outer pipe portion are fixed and integrated;

said gap has a shape such that said metal pipe is fitted in, when the end of said metal pipe reaches an integrating portion of said inner pipe portion and said outer pipe portion; and

an adhesive is filled in a gap formed between the end of said metal pipe fitted in the double structure and said inner pipe portion and said outer pipe portion;

the metal pipe is connected to said pipe joint in an airtight state, wherein an O-ring is provided a t the end of said outer pipe portion and between said outer pipe portion and said pipe, and said pipe is further fixed by pushing said O-ring inside said double structure using an O-ring locking material supported by said outer pipe portion.

11. The pipe connection structure as claimed in claim 10, wherein a protruding portion in a circular shape extending in the direction of the inner side of said double structure is provided on said O-ring, and said O-ring is fixed in a state where said protruding portion is inserted between the outer circumference portion of said pipe and the inner circumference portion of said out pipe portion.

12. The pipe connection structure as claimed in claim 10, wherein said O-ring locking material is screwed on and is supported by said outer pipe portion.