CN207762406U - A kind of flexibility slide-in type socket joint connecting tube - Google Patents
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A kind of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube of the utility model, it includes equal pipe and bellmouth, and one end of the equal pipe is socket, the other end is connecting pin, one end of the bellmouth is the small end of necking down, the other end of bellmouth is big end, and the small end of bellmouth and the connecting pin of equal pipe are connected, its main feature is that:Further include being oriented to ring flat-plate, the big end for being oriented to ring flat-plate and being placed in bellmouth, the peripheral surface or the big end of a side end face and bellmouth for being oriented to ring flat-plate is connected.Its connection structure is:The socket of preceding flexibility slide-in type socket joint connecting tube is plugged in the bellmouth of rear flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube, in sealing contact by the sealing ring being arranged in bellmouth between the socket of preceding flexibility slide-in type socket joint connecting tube and the bellmouth of rear flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube.It is quick for installation with simple structure and reliable sealing height, the advantages that repair demolition is convenient, and service life is long.
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Technical field
The utility model is related to pipeline fields, are a kind of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tubes, are used for the socket joint of welded still pipe
Connecting tube or using spiral welded steel pipe as the socket joint connecting steel plastic composite of base tube.
Background technology
Socket joint connection is convenient and efficient, safe and efficient tubing connection type in Pipe installing, and the socket joint of the prior art connects
It connects and is not applied only on cast iron pipe and concrete reinforced pipe, be also applied on welded still pipe, especially have been applied in spiral
The isometrical steel pipe of welding is on the steel-plastics composite pipe of base tube.One end of socket joint connecting tube is bellmouth, the other end is socket, adjacent
The socket of preceding socket joint connecting tube is plugged in the bellmouth of rear socket joint connecting tube, between sealing ring is set, to by socket joint connecting tube
Be tightly connected successively is pipeline.The problem is that the socket joint joint steel pipe or socket joint connecting steel plastic composite of the prior art,
Bellmouth is straight wall shape or horn-like, although being installed conducive to grafting, the preceding socket joint connecting tube and rear socket joint connecting tube after installation are difficult
It is coaxial to adjust, cause gap between the socket of preceding socket joint connecting tube and the bellmouth of rear socket joint connecting tube uneven, as a result,:
Preceding socket joint connecting tube does not increase the resistance that transmission medium flows in pipeline, the pressure that tube wall is subject to coaxially with rear socket joint connecting tube
It is consequently increased, gap is uneven between the socket of preceding socket joint connecting tube and the bellmouth of rear socket joint connecting tube, tube wall is under pressure
Increase so that sealing ring is locally born load excessive, not only easy to produce center displacement, but also be subjected to that load is excessive to be caused to fail,
Sealing ring service life is reduced, increases the workload and cost of pipeline maintenance, the bellmouth and socket that existing spiral welded pipe is straight are ellipse
Circularity is larger, difficulty is not only increased during Pipe installing, but also as pipe end shortage guiding is close to damage
Seal after installation as the reason of crossing ellipsization, generates between front tube socket and rear tube faucet that gap is uneven, makes sealing ring
Bear the excessive effect for causing to reduce sealing of load in part.
Invention content
Technical problem to be solved in the utility model is:The shortcomings that overcoming the prior art, provide it is a kind of simple in structure, it is close
It is high to seal reliability, it is quick for installation, it is easy to adjust, repair demolition is convenient, a kind of flexible slide-in type socket joint connection with long service life
Pipe.
The utility model solve technical problem scheme be:A kind of flexibility slide-in type socket joint connecting tube, it includes equal pipe
And bellmouth, one end of the equal pipe is socket, the other end is connecting pin, and one end of the bellmouth is the small end of necking down, bellmouth
The other end be big end, the small end of bellmouth and the connecting pin of equal pipe are connected, it is characterized in that:Further include being oriented to ring flat-plate, it is described to lead
The big end of bellmouth is placed in ring flat-plate, the peripheral surface or the big end of a side end face and bellmouth for being oriented to ring flat-plate are connected.
Described be oriented between the internal diameter size and socket outer diameter and bellmouth internal diameter size of ring flat-plate has following relationship:
D < D < D1 ⑴
In formula:D --- socket outer diameter;D --- it is oriented to the internal diameter size of ring flat-plate;D1--- bellmouth internal diameter size.
Boot segment is arranged in the inner peripheral surface for being oriented to ring flat-plate.
The boot segment for being oriented to ring flat-plate is arc surface or taper surface.
The guiding ring flat-plate is used to be integrally formed or process respectively with bellmouth big end and is fixed with one again.
At least one of annular protrusion is arranged in the bellmouth inner wall, for placing sealing ring.
At least one of annular protrusion of the bellmouth inner wall setting, which uses to be integrally formed or annulus is placed in socket pipe, to be welded
It connects and is fixed with one.
The socket end of the equal pipe is straight socket or tapered spigot, and the cone angle of tapered spigot is 20 °~24 °.
The socket end or setting jack tube of the equal pipe are simultaneously connected.
The equal pipe is spiral welded steel pipe or straight seam welded steel pipe.
Connection structure between adjacent preceding flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube and rear flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube is:
The socket of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube is plugged in the bellmouth of rear flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube before described, preceding flexible sliding
Enter the sealing ring by being arranged in bellmouth between the socket of formula socket joint connecting tube and the bellmouth of rear flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube
It is in sealing contact.
The sealing ring is T-type sealing ring.
One kind is described with socket joint connecting steel plastic composite made of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube, including plastic inner pipe
Plastic inner pipe is the plastic inner pipe or plastic lining inner tube for coating the formation of molding powder coating, it is characterized in that:It further include flexible slide-in
Formula socket joint connecting tube, the plastic inner pipe, which is built in flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube, forms socket joint connecting steel plastic composite.
Connection structure between adjacent preceding socket joint connecting steel plastic composite and rear socket joint connecting steel plastic composite is:It is described
The socket of preceding socket joint connecting steel plastic composite is plugged in the bellmouth of rear socket joint connecting steel plastic composite, and preceding socket joint connection steel modeling is multiple
It is in sealing contact by the sealing ring being arranged in bellmouth between the socket and the bellmouth of rear socket joint connecting steel plastic composite of conjunction pipe.
One kind connecting composite insulating pipe with socket joint made of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube, it includes plastic inner pipe, outer
Pillar and thermal insulation foaming layer, the plastic inner pipe are to coat the plastic inner pipe or plastic lining inner tube that molding powder coating is formed,
It is characterized in:Further include flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube, the plastic inner pipe is built in flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube, institute
It states outer protection tube to be socketed in flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube, the thermal insulation foaming is placed on outer protection tube and flexible slide-in type socket joint
Between connecting tube.
Adjacent preceding socket joint connects the connection structure that composite insulating pipe and rear socket joint connect between composite insulating pipe:It is described
The socket of preceding socket joint connection composite insulating pipe is plugged in the bellmouth of rear socket joint connection composite insulating pipe, and preceding socket joint connection heat preservation is multiple
It closes in sealing contact by the sealing ring being arranged in bellmouth between the socket of pipe and the bellmouth of rear socket joint connection composite insulating pipe.
The plastic inner lining pipe is polyethylene liner pipe.
The outer protection tube is PE outer protection tubes.
A kind of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube of the utility model, the guiding ring flat-plate of bellmouth big end setting not only enhance
Bellmouth nozzle intensity, ensure that the circularity of bellmouth nozzle, and can when mounted to the socket of adjacent socket joint connecting tube into
Row is oriented to, and the grafting for being not only conducive to bell and spigot is installed, but also reduces the coaxial adjustment amount of adjacent socket joint connecting tube, improves installation speed
Degree, it is ensured that gap uniformity between the bellmouth and tubing of forward and backward socket joint connecting tube, and can external environmental change and tube wall by
The center displacement that constraint bell and spigot generates when power changes, the stress for improving sealing performance, improving sealing ring avoid sealing ring
Excessive load is born, sealing ring service life is extended, reduces the workload and cost of pipeline maintenance;The taper of equal pipe
The socket end of body can reduce the straight socket ovality of spiral welded pipe, improve nozzle intensity, be easily installed.This practicality is new
The test pressures such as oil, chemical industry, combustion gas, water supply, draining, heat supply of the type suitable for caliber φ 159- φ 2020 are within 4.0Mpa
Pipeline.It is quick for installation with simple structure and reliable sealing height, the advantages that repair demolition is convenient, and service life is long.
Description of the drawings
Fig. 1 is a kind of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting pipe structure schematic diagram of embodiment 1;
Fig. 2 is a kind of attachment structure schematic diagram of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube of embodiment 1;
Fig. 3 is a kind of knot with socket joint connecting steel plastic composite made of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube of embodiment 2
Structure schematic diagram;
Fig. 4 is a kind of knot connecting composite insulating pipe with socket joint made of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube of embodiment 3
Structure schematic diagram;
Fig. 5 is a kind of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting pipe structure schematic diagram of embodiment 9;
Fig. 6 is a kind of attachment structure schematic diagram of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube of embodiment 9;
Fig. 7 is a kind of structure with socket joint connecting steel plastic composite made of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube of embodiment 10
Schematic diagram;
Fig. 8 is a kind of structure connecting composite insulating pipe with socket joint made of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube of embodiment 11
Schematic diagram.
In figure:1 socket, 2 equal pipes, 3 small ends, 4 bellmouths, 5 are oriented to ring flat-plates, and 6 sealing rings, flexible slide-in type socket joint connects before 7
It takes over, flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube, 9 plastic inner pipes, 10 thermal insulation foaming layers, 11 outer protection tubes after 8.
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The utility model is further illustrated with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples.
Embodiment 1, referring to Fig.1~Fig. 2, embodiment 1 are a kind of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tubes, it includes equal pipe 2
With bellmouth 4, the equal pipe 2 is spiral welded steel pipe, and one end of equal pipe 2 is socket 1, the other end is connecting pin, described to hold
One end of mouth 4 is the small end 3 of necking down, and the other end of bellmouth 4 is big end, and 4 inner wall of the bellmouth is arranged twice annular protrusion, is used for
T-type sealing ring 6 is placed, the small end 3 of bellmouth 4 is connected with the connecting pin of equal pipe 2, further includes being oriented to ring flat-plate 5, the guiding ring flat-plate
5 with the big end of bellmouth 4 using being integrally formed, be oriented to the boot segment of the inner peripheral surface setting taper surface of ring flat-plate 5, the guiding ring flat-plate
5 are placed in the big end of bellmouth 4, and the peripheral surface for being oriented to ring flat-plate 5 and the big end of bellmouth 4 are connected.
Described be oriented between the internal diameter size and socket outer diameter and bellmouth internal diameter size of ring flat-plate 5 has following relationship:
D < D < D1 ⑴
In formula:D --- socket outer diameter;D --- it is oriented to the internal diameter size of ring flat-plate 5;D1--- bellmouth internal diameter size.
Connection structure between adjacent preceding flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube 7 and rear flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube 8
It is:The socket 1 of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube 7 is plugged in the bellmouth 4 of rear flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube 8 before described,
By in bellmouth 4 between the socket 1 of preceding flexibility slide-in type socket joint connecting tube 7 and the bellmouth 4 of rear flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube 8
The T-type sealing ring 6 of setting is in sealing contact.The present embodiment 1 is manufactured using the prior art.
Embodiment 2, with reference to Fig. 3, embodiment 2 is a kind of with socket joint connection steel modeling made of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube
Multiple tube, it includes plastic inner pipe 9, and the plastic inner pipe 9 is polyethylene liner plastic inner pipe, further includes flexible slide-in type socket joint
Connecting tube, the plastic inner pipe 9, which is built in flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube, forms socket joint connecting steel plastic composite.
Connection structure between adjacent preceding socket joint connecting steel plastic composite and rear socket joint connecting steel plastic composite is:It is described
The socket 1 of preceding socket joint connecting steel plastic composite is plugged in the bellmouth 4 of rear socket joint connecting steel plastic composite, preceding socket joint connection steel modeling
It is connect by the sealing of sealing ring 6 being arranged in bellmouth 4 between the socket 1 of multiple tube and the bellmouth 4 of rear socket joint connecting steel plastic composite
It touches.The embodiment 2 is manufactured using the prior art.
Embodiment 3, with reference to Fig. 4, embodiment 3 is a kind of with socket joint connection heat preservation made of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube
Multiple tube, it includes plastic inner pipe 9, outer protection tube 11 and thermal insulation foaming layer 10, and the plastic inner pipe 9 is in polyethylene liner plastics
Pipe, further includes flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube, the plastic inner pipe 9 is built in flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube, described
Outer protection tube 11 is managed for PE, and outer protection tube 11 is socketed in flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube, and the thermal insulation foaming layer 10 is placed in outer shield
Between pipe 11 and flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube.
Adjacent preceding socket joint connects the connection structure that composite insulating pipe and rear socket joint connect between composite insulating pipe:It is described
The socket 1 of preceding socket joint connection composite insulating pipe is plugged in the bellmouth 4 of rear socket joint connection composite insulating pipe, preceding socket joint connection heat preservation
It is connect by the sealing of sealing ring 6 being arranged in bellmouth 4 between the socket 1 of multiple tube and the bellmouth 4 of rear socket joint connection composite insulating pipe
It touches.
Embodiment 4, embodiment 4 are a kind of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube, the embodiment 4 and 1 basic phase of embodiment
Together, the difference is that:The boot segment for being oriented to ring flat-plate 5 is arc surface.
Embodiment 5, embodiment 5 are a kind of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube, the embodiment 5 and 1 basic phase of embodiment
Together, the difference is that:Guiding ring flat-plate 5 is processed respectively with bellmouth 4 to be fixed with one again.
Embodiment 6, embodiment 6 are a kind of with socket joint connecting steel plastic composite made of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube,
The embodiment 6 is substantially the same manner as Example 2, the difference is that:Plastic inner pipe 9 is the plastics coated tube of coating polyethylene molding powder.
Embodiment 7, embodiment 7 are a kind of with socket joint connecting steel plastic composite made of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube,
The embodiment 7 is substantially the same manner as Example 2, the difference is that:The socket end setting jack tube of equal pipe 2 is simultaneously connected.
Embodiment 8, embodiment 8 are a kind of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube, the embodiment 8 and 1 basic phase of embodiment
Together, the difference is that:Equal pipe 2 is straight seam welded steel pipe.
Embodiment 9, referring to Fig. 5~Fig. 6, embodiment 9 is a kind of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube, the embodiment 9 with
Embodiment 1 is essentially identical, the difference is that:The socket end of the equal pipe is tapered spigot, and the cone angle of tapered spigot is
24°。
Embodiment 10, referring to Fig. 7, embodiment 10 is a kind of with socket joint connection steel made of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube
Plastic composite, the embodiment 10 is substantially the same manner as Example 2, the difference is that:The socket end of the equal pipe is taper
The cone angle of socket, tapered spigot is 24 °.
Embodiment 11, referring to Fig. 8, embodiment 11 is a kind of with socket joint connection guarantor made of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube
Warm multiple tube, the embodiment 11 is substantially the same manner as Example 3, the difference is that:The socket end of the equal pipe is taper
The cone angle of socket, tapered spigot is 24 °.
Embodiment 12, embodiment 12 are a kind of flexible slide-in socket joint connecting tube, the embodiment 12 and 1 basic phase of embodiment
Together, the difference is that:Two annular protrusions of the bellmouth inside pipe wall setting are to be placed in annulus to weld in socket pipe to be connected
It is integrated.
Claims (8)
1. a kind of flexibility slide-in type socket joint connecting tube, it includes equal pipe and bellmouth, and one end of the equal pipe is socket, another
End is connecting pin, and one end of the bellmouth is the small end of necking down, and the other end of bellmouth is big end, the small end of bellmouth and equal pipe
Connecting pin is connected, it is characterized in that:Further include being oriented to ring flat-plate, the big end for being oriented to ring flat-plate and being placed in bellmouth is oriented to the periphery of ring flat-plate
Surface or the big end of a side end face and bellmouth are connected.
2. a kind of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube as described in claim 1, it is characterized in that:The internal diameter ruler for being oriented to ring flat-plate
It is very little that there is following relationship between socket outer diameter and bellmouth internal diameter size:
D < D < D1 ⑴
In formula:D --- socket outer diameter;D --- it is oriented to the internal diameter size of ring flat-plate;D1--- bellmouth internal diameter size.
3. a kind of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube as described in claim 1, it is characterized in that:The interior weekly form for being oriented to ring flat-plate
Boot segment is arranged in face.
4. a kind of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that:The boot segment for being oriented to ring flat-plate
For arc surface or taper surface.
5. a kind of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube as described in claim 1, it is characterized in that:The guiding ring flat-plate and bellmouth are big
End uses to be integrally formed or process respectively and be fixed with one again.
6. a kind of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube as described in claim 1, it is characterized in that:The bellmouth inner wall setting is at least
One of annular protrusion, for placing sealing ring.
7. a kind of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube as described in claim 1, it is characterized in that:The socket end of the equal pipe is
The cone angle of straight socket or tapered spigot, tapered spigot is 20 °~24 ° or jack tube is arranged simultaneously in the socket end of equal pipe
It is connected.
8. a kind of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube as described in claim 1, it is characterized in that:Adjacent preceding flexible slide-in type is held
The connection structure inserted between connecting tube and rear flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube is:Flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube before described
Socket is plugged in the bellmouth of flexible slide-in type socket joint connecting tube afterwards, socket and the rear flexibility of preceding flexibility slide-in type socket joint connecting tube
It is in sealing contact by the sealing ring being arranged in bellmouth between the bellmouth of slide-in type socket joint connecting tube.
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