Tubular body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10507618-B2
Application number	US-201715711426-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 21, 2017
Priority date	Sep 30, 2016
Publication date	Dec 17, 2019
Grant date	Dec 17, 2019

Abstract

A tubular body formed by joining two semi-tubular portions that are divided in radial direction, the tubular body having a connection flange portion provided with a bolt hole on at least one end portion. The two semi-tubular portions have joint projection portions at both edge portions in circumferential direction, the joint projection portions projecting in radial direction and extending in axial direction, and each joint projection portion of the semi-tubular portions on at least one of both sides in circumferential direction is configured to be bent so as to deviate from a virtual division face passing a central axis in such a manner that a joint portion formed by abutting the joint projection portions does not interfere with a tool for fastening a bolt inserted into the bolt hole in a predetermined area in the vicinity of the bolt hole of the connection flange portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A tubular body formed by joining two semi-tubular portions that are divided in radial direction, the tubular body having a connection flange portion provided with a bolt hole on at least one end portion,
wherein the two semi-tubular portions have joint projection portions at both edge portions in circumferential direction, the joint projection portions projecting in radial direction and extending in axial direction,
wherein a joint portion formed by abutting each joint projection portion of the semi-tubular portions on at least one of both sides in circumferential direction has a region provided along a division plane passing a central axis of the tubular body, and has a bent region which is configured to be bent so as to deviate from the division plane between the region provided along the division plane and the connection flange portion,
wherein the bolt hole is provided at a position where the joint portion is partially overlapped with the bolt hole with the connection flange portion side seen in an axial direction of the tubular body, when the joint portion is provided along the division plane along the entire axial direction, and
wherein the bent region is positioned out of an axis of the bolt hole.

2. The tubular body as set forth in claim 1 ,
wherein bent regions of the joint projection portions are configured in such a manner that an edge portion of one of the semi-tubular portions in circumferential direction extends in tangential direction further than other region and that an edge portion of the other of the semi-tubular portions in circumferential direction is dent in circumferential direction further than the other region, and
wherein a projecting piece is provided on an inner circumferential side of the dent edge portion of the other of the semi-tubular portions in circumferential direction, the projecting piece being provided along an inner circumferential face of a region extending in tangential direction of one of the semi-tubular portions, the projecting piece constituting an inner circumferential face connected with an inner circumferential face of other region of the semi-tubular portions.

3. The tubular body as set forth in claim 2 ,
wherein the connection flange portion is integrally provided for one of the semi-tubular portions.

4. The tubular body as set forth in claim 1 ,
wherein the connection flange portion is integrally provided for one of the semi-tubular portions.

Assignees

• Uchiyama Mfg

Inventors

• Mori Masayuki
• Matsuki Katsunori

Classifications

• B29C66/5472

  for making elbows or V-shaped pieces · CPC title

• B29L2023/004

  Bent tubes (for use as pipe couplings B29L2031/24) · CPC title

• B29C66/73921

  characterised by the materials of both parts being thermoplastics · CPC title

• B29C66/20

  particular design of the joint lines, e.g. of the weld lines · CPC title

• B29C65/7814

  in the form of inter-cooperating positioning features (holding or clamping means cooperating with specially formed features of at least one of the parts to be joined B29C65/7844), e.g. tenons and mortises (tenon and mortise joints B29C66/126; tongue and groove joints B29C66/124) · CPC title