Stabilizer element for a pipe connection
AssigneeFramatome
InventorsChristof Probst, Erhard Müller, Konrad Meier-Hynek
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Abstract
For stabilizing a pipe connection, in which a first pipe (10) is inserted into a second pipe (12) that has an insertion funnel (20), a stabilizer element (22) has a clamping ring (24) with several tensioners (48) distributed over its circumference, which in the final assembly position engage in an intermediate space between the first pipe (10) and the insertion funnel (20), and tense the first pipe (10) and the second pipe (12) against each other. The clamping ring (24) is composed of several mutually connectable ring segments, in particular of two half shells (34).
Claims19
A stabilizer element for a pipe connection, in which a first pipe is inserted into a second pipe that has an insertion funnel, the stabilizer element comprising:
- a clamping ring with at least two tensioners distributed around a circumference of the clamping ring, the tensioners, in a final assembly position, arranged and configured for engaging in an intermediate space between the first pipe and the insertion funnel and configured for contacting an outer circumferential surface of the first pipe and an inner circumferential surface of the insertion funnel to tension the first pipe and the second pipe against one another, the clamping ring being composed of at least two mutually connectable ring segments,
- wherein the clamping ring includes spring-loaded locking pins locking adjacent ring segments among the ring segments of the clamping ring.
A stabilizer element for a pipe connection, in which a first pipe is inserted into a second pipe that has an insertion funnel, the stabilizer element comprising:
- a clamping ring with at least two tensioners distributed around a circumference of the clamping ring, the tensioners, in a final assembly position, arranged and configured for engaging in an intermediate space between the first pipe and the insertion funnel and for tensioning the first pipe and the second pipe against one another, the clamping ring being composed of at least two mutually connectable ring segments,
- wherein the clamping ring includes spring-loaded locking pins locking adjacent ring segments among the ring segments of the clamping ring,
- wherein the tensioners are formed as resilient prongs or lugs.
A stabilizer element for a pipe connection, in which a first pipe is inserted into a second pipe that has an insertion funnel, the stabilizer element comprising:
- a clamping ring with at least two tensioners distributed around a circumference of the clamping ring, the tensioners, in a final assembly position, arranged and configured for gripping into an intermediate space between the first pipe and the insertion funnel and for tensioning the first pipe and the second pipe against one another, the clamping ring being composed of at least two mutually connectable ring segments,
- wherein the clamping ring includes spring-loaded locking pins locking adjacent ring segments among the ring segments of the clamping ring,
- the at least two tensioners each having a wedge-shape and configured for being flexible for sliding into the intermediate space between the first pipe and the insertion funnel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.