Fluid sealing device and power cable line

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10495238-B2
Application number	US-201815876612-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 22, 2018
Priority date	Jan 30, 2017
Publication date	Dec 3, 2019
Grant date	Dec 3, 2019

Abstract

A fluid sealing device for sealing an opening of an installation pipe in which at least a long object is installed includes: a flange configured to close the opening of the installation pipe, the flange having a hole through which the long object is made to pass, and the flange having a stop face that is continuous with and at an angle to an inner surface of the hole; one or more sealing members configured to be disposed on an outer periphery of the long object and configured to exert an urging force toward an axial center of the long object upon being compressed in an axial direction of the long object, thereby sealing a gap between the flange and the long object; and a clamping member configured to press the one or more sealing members toward the stop face.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fluid sealing device for sealing an opening of an installation pipe in which at least a long object is installed, comprising:
a flange including a flat planar plate and a hollow cylindrical extension part, the flat planar plate configured to close the opening of the installation pipe, the flat planar plate having a hole penetrating therethrough from which the hollow cylindrical extension part extends perpendicularly to the flat planar plate, the hollow cylindrical extension part having the long object passing therethrough, and an inner surface of the hollow cylindrical extension part having a stop face that is a step between different inner diameters;
one or more sealing members configured to be disposed on an outer periphery of the long object and configured to exert an urging force toward an axial center of the long object upon being compressed in an axial direction of the long object, thereby sealing a gap between the flange and the long object;
a clamping member configured to press the one or more sealing members toward the stop face; and
one or more pressing members interposed between the one or more sealing members and the clamping member around the outer periphery of the long object, the one or more pressing members configured to press a second side face of the one or more sealing members facing toward the clamping member, the one or more pressing members being sandwiched and clamped, substantially without a gap in a direction in which the long object extends, between the clamping member and the one or more sealing members.

2. The fluid sealing device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the hollow cylindrical extension part extends toward an outside of the installation pipe in the axial direction of the long object and is configured to accommodate the one or more sealing members therein.

3. The fluid sealing device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the hollow cylindrical extension part has a male thread part formed at a tip thereof, and the clamping member has a female thread part configured to be threadably engaged with the male thread part.

4. The fluid sealing device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the one or more sealing members have a first side face facing toward the flat planar plate and having an inner circumferential edge thereof situated further toward the flat planar plate than an outer circumferential edge thereof, and the stop face conforms in shape to the first side face.

5. The fluid sealing device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the one or more pressing members have an inner circumferential surface such that a gap is created between the inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface of the long object.

6. The fluid sealing device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the clamping member has an inner circumferential surface such that a gap is created between the inner circumferential surface and an outer circumferential surface of the long object.

7. A power cable line, comprising:
a long object having a cable core contained therein;
an installation pipe having the long object installed therein;
a fluid sealing device that seals an opening of the installation pipe, wherein the fluid sealing device includes:
a flange configured to close the opening of the installation pipe, the flange having a hole through which the long object is made to pass, and the flange having a stop face that is continuous with and at an angle to an inner surface of the hole;
one or more sealing members configured to be disposed on an outer periphery of the long object and configured to exert an urging force toward an axial center of the long object upon being compressed in an axial direction of the long object, thereby sealing a gap between the flange and the long object; and
a clamping member configured to press the one or more sealing members toward the stop face; and

an insulating plate interposed between a periphery of the flange of the fluid sealing device and an end of the installation pipe; and
one or more insulating bolts passing through the flange and the insulating plate to fasten the flange and the insulating plate to each other.

8. The fluid sealing device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the one or more sealing members are two or more sealing members, and the one or more pressing members are two or more pressing members alternating with the two or more sealing members in the axial direction of the long object, and
wherein the two or more sealing members are configured to be pressed in the axial direction of the long object by the two or more pressing members to exert an urging force toward an axial center of the long object, thereby preventing the long object from sliding in the axial direction thereof relative to the two or more sealing members.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Electric Industries

Inventors

• Ona Satoshi
• Mashio Shoji
• Sakaguchi Yasuo

Classifications

• H02G3/0481

  with a circular cross-section (H02G3/0468, H02G3/0475 take precedence) · CPC title

• H02G15/013

  Sealing means for cable inlets (inlets for cables filled with, or surrounded by, gas or oil H02G15/32) · CPC title

• F16J15/062

  characterised by the geometry of the seat · CPC title

• H02G9/06

  in underground tubes or conduits; Tubes or conduits therefor · CPC title

• F16L5/06 Primary

  by means of a swivel nut compressing a ring or sleeve · CPC title