Fastening device for measuring apparatuses on pipes

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10823322-B2
Application number	US-201916299921-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 12, 2019
Priority date	Apr 5, 2018
Publication date	Nov 3, 2020
Grant date	Nov 3, 2020

Abstract

A device for fastening a measuring apparatus on pipes, in particular a butt weld seam checking measuring apparatus, containing a housing for accommodating the measuring, control, and/or drive units and a clamp, wherein the clamp is designed as a ring segment, wherein the clamp is attached in the radial direction over a pipe external diameter, wherein the clamp has a pre-tension in the installed state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for fastening a measuring apparatus on a pipe comprising a housing for accommodating measuring, control, and/or drive units and a clamp having a pair of elastic ring segments with spaced apart ends, wherein the clamp is attached in the radial direction without tools over a pipe external diameter by pressing the ends over the pipe and clamping the ring segments around the pipe while maintain a recess between the ends of the segments, and wherein the clamp has a pre-tension in the installed state; and wherein the housing and the clamp are separate parts, with housing being configured to be removably attached to clamps of different ring segment sizes so that the same housing can be used with different clamps for pipes of different sizes.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the ring segments have a wraparound angle of greater than 180°.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is fastened by a snap closure.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the clamp has two ring segments extending in parallel, which are connected to one another by means of at least one web, wherein the clamp is formed in one piece.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the housing and the clamp are connected to one another in a formfitting manner, by a cam on the clamp or housing and recess on the clamp or housing for receiving the cam.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein markings, which indicate the measurement position, are arranged on the clamp.

7. A device for measuring pipes comprising:
a set of clamps, each clamp having a pair of elastic ring segments with spaced apart ends, the ring segments defining an internal diameter, each clamp being attachable in the radial direction without tools over a pipe external diameter by pressing the ends over the pipe and clamping the ring segments around the pipe while maintaining a recess between the ends of the segments, the ring segments of different clamps defining different internal diameters;
a housing for accommodating measuring, control, and/or drive units; and
wherein the same housing is configured to be removably mounted to each of the clamps whereby the same housing can be used to measure pipes of different diameters using a clamp configured for a particular pipe diameter.

8. The device according to claim 7 , wherein the housing and the clamp are connected to one another in a formfitting manner, by a cam on the clamp or housing and recess on the clamp or housing for receiving the cam.

Assignees

• Fischer G Rohrleitungssysteme Ag

Inventors

• Reiz Robert
• Roesch Juergen
• Hasific Edin
• Graf Marcel

Classifications

• B29C65/8292

  by the use of ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves · CPC title

• F16L3/08

  substantially surrounding the pipe, cable or protective tubing · CPC title

• B29C66/5221

  for forming coaxial connections, i.e. the tubular articles to be joined forming a zero angle relative to each other · CPC title

• G01N2203/0296

  Welds · CPC title

• F16L41/02

  Branch units, e.g. made in one piece, welded, riveted · CPC title