CN103157203A - Rapid connecting device - Google Patents
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The invention discloses a rapid connecting device which is arranged between a gas bottle and a reducing valve. The rapid connecting device comprises a connector male end and a connector female end. The connector male end comprises a fixing sleeve and a plug, wherein the fixing sleeve is connected with the gas bottle in a threaded mode, the plug is fixedly arranged on the fixing sleeve in an axial direction, and a circular groove is formed in the outer circumferential surface of the plug. The connector female end comprises a hollow inner sealing sleeve, a hollow base, a piston, a first spring and a second spring, wherein the hollow inner sealing sleeve is capable of being accommodated on the plug, a plurality of steel ball grooves are formed in the upper portion of the inner sealing sleeve along a circumferential direction of the inner sealing sleeve, steel balls are arranged inside the steel ball grooves and used for being clamped inside the groove of the plug, the hollow base is fixedly arranged on the lower portion of the inner sealing sleeve in a sleeved mode and connected with the reducing valve, the piston is arranged inside the inner sealing sleeve and capable of moving along the axial direction between the bottom of the inner sealing sleeve and a second boss, the first spring is arranged between the piston and the base along the axial direction to put the piston under an axial force, a female end body is arranged outside the inner sealing sleeve and the base in a sleeved mode, and the second spring is arranged between the female end body and the base along the axial direction to put the female end body under axial spring force.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of engineering part, relate in particular to a kind of joint.
Background technology
Positive-pressure air respirator is equipped as respiratory protection, is widely used in the every field such as fire-fighting and rescue, metallurgy, chemical industry, boats and ships and army.Positive-pressure air respirator is comprised of cylinder package, pressure-reducing valve, face shield, steam supply valve and back board assembly.During use, first will be full of the compressed air of 30Mpa in gas cylinder, then gas cylinder is connected with pressure-reducing valve on air respiratorresuscitator; When bottle valve was opened, the compressed air in gas cylinder was introduced into pressure-reducing valve, then entered steam supply valve by middle pressure pipe carry out the secondary decompression after the one-level decompression, entered at last face shield and breathed for the user.
In the prior art, between gas cylinder and pressure-reducing valve, traditional connected mode is with being threaded.But cause it to have larger operating pressure because be full of Compressed Gas in gas cylinder, for fear of meeting accident, must design the darker connecting thread interlock degree of depth between gas cylinder and pressure-reducing valve, more than will twisting handwheel rotation multi-turn with hand when so just having caused gas cylinder to be connected with pressure-reducing valve, pressure-reducing valve and cylinder interface could be screwed to the sealing locking state.According to " self-supporting open type scuba diving " national Specification (GB/T16556-2007), being connected between gas cylinder and pressure-reducing valve can not be by instrument, can only be by manually completing, and such connected mode is time-consuming but also effort not only.In addition, if the angle of cylinder interface and relief valve seam does not have complete matching, although also can cause with the feel feel and be screwed to the end but the actual situation generation that does not reach sealing, this will cause potential personal injury dangerous to the user, especially in the situation that fire-fighting and rescue is raced against time, adopt the shortcoming that this connected mode wastes time and energy to seem particularly outstanding.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of Quick Connect Kit, this Quick Connect Kit can be realized quick, accurate, safe being connected between gas cylinder and pressure-reducing valve, thereby eliminate due to the loaded down with trivial details potential danger that causes that is connected between gas cylinder in prior art and pressure-reducing valve, have an accident when avoiding air respiratorresuscitator work, guarantee the safe handling of positive-pressure air respirator.
In order to reach the foregoing invention purpose, the invention provides a kind of Quick Connect Kit, it is located between gas cylinder and pressure-reducing valve, and this Quick Connect Kit comprises a joint male end and is connected and be used for the joint female end be connected with the joint male end, and wherein, this joint male end comprises:
One fixed cover, it is connected with described gas cylinder thread;
One plug, its underpart are located in described fixed cover, and are fixedly installed with fixed cover in the axial direction, and the outer circumference surface of this plug bottom is provided with the groove of an annular, and described plug inside has an axial passage;
Above-mentioned joint female end comprises:
The interior big envelope of one hollow, the bottom of described plug can be placed in interior big envelope, in being somebody's turn to do, the top of big envelope is provided with several steel bead grooves that arranges along its circumferential direction, in each steel bead groove, equal correspondence is provided with a steel ball, each steel ball can be arranged in the groove of described plug, should be provided with one first boss by interior big envelope outer wall, the inwall of interior big envelope is provided with one second boss;
The base of one hollow, its fixed cover is located at the bottom of described interior big envelope, and this base also is threaded with pressure-reducing valve, and the outer wall of this base is provided with one the 3rd boss;
One piston, it is located in described interior big envelope, and is set to and can moves axially between the bottom of interior big envelope and the second boss, offers an axial passage on this piston;
One first spring, it in axial direction is located between piston and base, to apply an axial force to piston;
One female end main body, it is sheathed on outside interior big envelope and base, and is set to and can in axial direction moves between the first boss and the 3rd boss;
One the second spring that axially arranges is located between described female end main body and base, to apply an axle spring power to the female end main body.
In Quick Connect Kit of the present invention, joint male end and gas cylinder fixed seal connection, joint female end and pressure-reducing valve fixed seal connection are by realizing joint male end and being connected of joint female end that gas cylinder is connected with the quick of pressure-reducing valve.during use, the plug bottom of joint male end is extend in hollow in big envelope, and apply the power of the direction of joint female end (namely towards) downwards to plug, its resistance that overcomes the first spring is pressed down piston, until in the groove on the embedding of the steel ball on interior big envelope plug, simultaneously the female end main body under the effect of the axle spring power that the second spring applies upwards the direction of joint male end (namely towards) mobile, until the upper end of female end main body contacts coincidence with the first boss, at this moment the joint male end is in the joint female end state of being fixedly connected with, realized the connection between gas cylinder and pressure-reducing valve.Compressed Gas from gas cylinder out after, enter the pressure-reducing valve decompression by the axial passage on plug, axial passage on piston and base.
When needs unload pressure-reducing valve from gas cylinder, as long as apply the power of the direction of pressure-reducing valve (namely towards) downwards on the female end main body, the first spring resistance that can overcome the second spring applies the upwards power of the direction of joint male end (namely towards) on piston so, piston is upwards pushed up, and then plug is ejected interior big envelope.
Further, Quick Connect Kit of the present invention also comprises an air inlet filter core, and it is fixed in base near pressure-reducing valve.It is for the Compressed Gas that gas cylinder is discharged carries out purification filtering that the air inlet filter core is set, the normal operation of protection equipment and the cleaning of air used.
Further, above-mentioned air inlet filter core is connected with whorl of base.
Further, Quick Connect Kit of the present invention also comprises one handle, and its fixed cover is located at outside the female end main body, has the application of force boss of the axial force of applying on this handle.This handle person of being easy to use butt joint female end application of force is set.
Further, in Quick Connect Kit of the present invention, be provided with a back-up ring between described plug and fixed cover, be used for realizing between plug and fixed cover being fixedly installed in the axial direction.
Further, in Quick Connect Kit of the present invention, be provided with one first sealing ring between described plug and gas cylinder.
Further, in Quick Connect Kit of the present invention, also be provided with one second sealing ring between described piston and interior big envelope.
Further, in Quick Connect Kit of the present invention, also be provided with one the 3rd sealing ring between described base and pressure-reducing valve.
Further, in Quick Connect Kit of the present invention, be provided with one the 4th sealing ring between described interior big envelope and base.
The setting of above-mentioned sealing ring is can not leak gas after the compressed release of gas in gas cylinder in order to guarantee.Above-mentioned each sealing ring can adopt conventional O RunddichtringO.
Compare with traditional being threaded between existing gas cylinder and pressure-reducing valve, the advantage of Quick Connect Kit of the present invention is:
1) can be fixedly connected with quickly and easily gas cylinder and pressure-reducing valve;
2) need not the strength of user's overspending;
3) can not produce gas cylinder because the angle between interface is unjustified and pressurizing valve does not have Packed situation;
4) connected mode is simple, and assembling time has been saved in simple operation;
5) has higher security performance, the potential danger when having avoided air respiratorresuscitator to use.
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Fig. 1 has shown that Quick Connect Kit of the present invention arranges structure on gas cylinder and pressure-reducing valve.
Fig. 2 is the Quick Connect Kit of the present invention Split type structure schematic diagram of joint male end in one embodiment.
Fig. 3 is the Quick Connect Kit of the present invention Split type structure schematic diagram of joint female end in one embodiment.
Structure when Fig. 4 has shown Quick Connect Kit of the present invention the male end joint does not connect with the female end joint under a kind of embodiment.
Fig. 5 has shown that Quick Connect Kit of the present invention male end joint under a kind of embodiment is connected the structure when not connecting with female end.
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Below will reach according to a particular embodiment of the invention Figure of description Quick Connect Kit of the present invention is described further, but this explanation does not consist of limitation of the invention.
As shown in Figure 1, in the present embodiment, joint male end 3 is fixedly connected with gas cylinder 1, joint female end 4 is fixedly connected with pressure-reducing valve 2, joint male end 3 and joint female end 4 is linked together just realized being connected of gas cylinder 1 and pressure-reducing valve 2.
Fig. 2 shows the Split type structure of the present embodiment center tap male end.
Fig. 3 has shown the structure of the present embodiment center tap female end.
Fig. 4 is the cross-sectional view of Quick Connect Kit under not-connected status in the present embodiment.
As Fig. 2, Fig. 3 and shown in Figure 4, in the present embodiment, the joint male end comprises: fixed cover 6, and the joint male end realizes and being fixedly connected with of gas cylinder by being threaded of itself and gas cylinder; Plug 5, its underpart is located in fixed cover 6, and is fixedly installed with fixed cover 6 in the axial direction by elastic spring 7, and the outer circumference surface of plug 5 bottoms is provided with the groove 29 of annular, plug 2 inside also have axial passage, are provided with sealing ring 9 to realize hermetic seal between plug 5 and gas cylinder 1.
Please continue to consult Fig. 2, Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, in the present embodiment, the joint female end comprises: the interior big envelope 15 of hollow, when the joint male end is connected with the joint female end, the bottom of plug 5 is in the inner accommodating, in being somebody's turn to do, the top of big envelope 15 is provided with several steel bead grooves 27 that arranges along its circumferential direction, the interior equal correspondence of each steel bead groove 27 is provided with steel ball 18, when the joint male end is connected with the joint female end, steel ball 18 is arranged in the groove 29 of plug 5, the outer wall of interior big envelope 15 is provided with the first boss 26 in addition, and inwall is provided with the second boss 28; The base 10 of hollow is sheathed on the bottom of interior big envelope 15, is threaded with base 10, and simultaneously base 10 also is threaded to realize being fixedly connected with of joint female end and pressure-reducing valve with pressure-reducing valve, and the outer wall of base 10 is provided with the 3rd boss 24; Piston 16 is located in interior big envelope 15, can move axially between the bottom of interior big envelope 15 and the second boss 28, and the axial passage that also offers on this outer piston 16 is provided with sealing ring 21 between piston 16 and interior big envelope 15; The first spring 17, it in axial direction is located between piston 16 and base 10; Female end main body 13, it is sheathed on outside interior big envelope 15 and base 10, can in axial direction move between the first boss 26 and the 3rd boss 24; Handle 12 is located at by the Shooting Technique fixed cover application of force boss that female end main body 13 is outer and have the axial force of applying; The second spring 14 is located between female end main body 13 and base 10; Air inlet filter core 11 is threaded with base 10; Base 10 passes through respectively sealing ring 20 and sealing ring 22 with the hermetic seal of realization with interior big envelope 15 and pressure-reducing valve.
Fig. 5 has shown when the male end joint is connected with the female end joint, the structure of this Quick Connect Kit.as shown in Figure 5, when needs are connected the male end joint with the female end joint, plug 5 bottoms of joint male end are extend in hollow in big envelope 15, and apply the power of the direction of joint female end (namely towards) downwards for plug 5, its resistance that overcomes the first spring 17 is pressed down piston 16, until in the groove 29 that the steel ball 18 on interior big envelope 15 embeds on plug 5, simultaneously female end main body 13 under the effect of the axle spring power that the second spring 14 applies upwards the direction of joint male end (namely towards) mobile, until the upper end of female end main body 13 contacts with the first boss 26, at this moment the joint male end is in the joint female end state of being fixedly connected with, realized the connection between gas cylinder and pressure-reducing valve.Compressed Gas from gas cylinder out after, enter the pressure-reducing valve decompression by the axial passage on plug, axial passage on piston and base.
When needs unload pressure-reducing valve from gas cylinder, as long as apply the power of the direction of pressure-reducing valve (namely towards) downwards on handle 12, the first spring 17 resistance that can overcome the second spring 14 applies the upwards power of the direction of joint male end (namely towards) on piston 16 so, piston 16 is upwards pushed up, and then plug 5 is ejected interior big envelope 15.
The sealing ring that adopts in the present embodiment is the O RunddichtringO.
It should be noted that above cited embodiment only is specific embodiments of the invention.Obviously the present invention is not limited to above embodiment, and the similar variation of thereupon making or distortion are that those skilled in the art can directly draw or be easy to from content disclosed by the invention and just associate, and all should belong to protection scope of the present invention.
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1. Quick Connect Kit, it is located between gas cylinder and pressure-reducing valve, it is characterized in that, comprises a joint male end and is connected being used for the joint female end that is connected with the joint male end, wherein
Described joint male end comprises:
One fixed cover, it is connected with described gas cylinder thread;
One plug, its underpart are located in described fixed cover, and are fixedly installed with fixed cover in the axial direction, and the outer circumference surface of described plug bottom is provided with the groove of an annular, and described plug inside has an axial passage;
Described joint female end comprises:
The interior big envelope of one hollow, the bottom of described plug can be placed in interior big envelope, the top of described interior big envelope is provided with several steel bead grooves that arranges along its circumferential direction, in each steel bead groove, equal correspondence is provided with a steel ball, each steel ball can be arranged in the groove of described plug, described interior big envelope outer wall is provided with one first boss, and the inwall of interior big envelope is provided with one second boss;
The base of one hollow, its fixed cover is located at the bottom of described interior big envelope, and described base also is threaded with pressure-reducing valve, and the outer wall of described base is provided with one the 3rd boss;
One piston, it is located in described interior big envelope, and is set to and can moves axially between the bottom of interior big envelope and the second boss, offers an axial passage on described piston;
One first spring, it in axial direction is located between piston and base, to apply an axial force to piston;
One female end main body, it is sheathed on outside interior big envelope and base, and is set to and can in axial direction moves between the first boss and the 3rd boss;
One the second spring that axially arranges is located between described female end main body and base, to apply an axle spring power to the female end main body.
2. Quick Connect Kit as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that, also comprises an air inlet filter core, and it is fixed in described base near pressure-reducing valve.
3. Quick Connect Kit as claimed in claim 2, is characterized in that, described air inlet filter core is connected with whorl of base.
4. Quick Connect Kit as described in any one in claim 1-3, is characterized in that, also comprises one handle, and its fixed cover is located at outside described female end main body, has the application of force boss of the axial force of applying on described handle.
5. Quick Connect Kit as claimed in claim 4, is characterized in that, is provided with a back-up ring between described plug and fixed cover.
6. Quick Connect Kit as claimed in claim 5, is characterized in that, is provided with one first sealing ring between described plug and gas cylinder.
7. Quick Connect Kit as claimed in claim 6, is characterized in that, also is provided with one second sealing ring between described piston and interior big envelope.
8. Quick Connect Kit as claimed in claim 7, is characterized in that, also is provided with one the 3rd sealing ring between described base and pressure-reducing valve.
9. Quick Connect Kit as claimed in claim 8, is characterized in that, is provided with one the 4th sealing ring between described interior big envelope and base.
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