Connection between a pipe and a molding
AssigneeGeorg Fischer Rohrleitungssysteme AG
InventorsMichael Bamberger, Erasmo Porfido, Bernd Kling
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Abstract
In a connection between a pipe and a molding, a tubular housing, fixed on the molding, engages around the pipe with an inner wall tapering conically toward the free end of the housing. Arranged between the pipe and the housing inner wall is a clamping ring, which braces the pipe with the housing in a wedge-like manner. The clamping ring is held in its wedging functional position by a spring element acting on it in the axial direction. The spring element can be locked in a prestressed state without force acting on the clamping ring. To establish the connection between the pipe and the molding, a locking clip passing through the housing is pulled out of the housing to relax the spring element.
Claims7
A connection for joining a pipe to a tubular housing comprising:
- a tubular housing having an internal wall surface and an outer peripheral surface, said internal wall surface having at least one conical surface provided with a conical taper which tapers toward an end of said housing;
- a clamping ring located in said tubular housing, said clamping ring having an outer surface having a conical taper which mates with said conical taper on said internal wall of said tubular housing and an inner surface defining an opening for receiving said pipe in said opening;
- abutment means associated with said internal wall surface of said housing and spaced from said clamping ring for forming a space therebetween;
- spring means located in said space;
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- movable locking means associated with said space for holding said spring means in compression between said locking means and said abutment means when said movable locking means is in a first position in said space and allowing said spring means to expand a long an axis and act on said clamping ring when said movable locking means is in a second position whereby said clamping ring secures said pipe in said housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.