Detachable tap having a spring element for fastening and prestressing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10969022-B2
Application number	US-201716333562-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 12, 2017
Priority date	Sep 15, 2016
Publication date	Apr 6, 2021
Grant date	Apr 6, 2021

Abstract

A tap for producing and disconnecting a fluidic connection between at least two connector parts. The tap includes one connecting and disconnecting element, a manual actuating element for rotating the connecting and disconnecting element. The manual actuating element and the connecting and disconnecting element are coupled mechanically. The tap includes a main body having at least one connector part and an interior space for receiving the connecting and disconnecting element, the interior space includes a contact surface for being brought into contact with the connecting and disconnecting element.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A tap for producing and disconnecting a fluidic connection between at least two connector parts, the tap comprising:
at least one connecting and disconnecting element configured to: (i) produce the fluidic connection, and (ii) disconnect the fluidic connection, the connecting and disconnecting element being conical at least in sections and having at least one passage opening configured to produce the fluidic connection,
a manual actuating element configured to rotate the connecting and disconnecting element, the manual actuating element being mechanically coupled to the connecting and disconnecting element,
a main body having at least one connector part and an interior space configured to receive the connecting and disconnecting element, the interior space having a contact surface configured to contact with the connecting and disconnecting element, wherein:
the contact surface is of negative configuration at least in sections with respect to a conical surface component of the connecting and disconnecting element,
at least one spring element is provided for form-fitting fixing the position of the connecting and disconnecting element with respect to the main body, and the spring element is arranged in or on the main body,
the connecting and disconnecting element comprises an extension that adjoins a section of the conical surface component, the section having a diameter that is smaller than the diameter of another section of the conical surface component,
the extension includes a wall, and the at least one spring element or at least one fixing agent impinged by the spring element is configured to contact the wall to produce a tensile force within the connecting and disconnecting element,
the spring element includes at least two elongated components that are connected to each other by a bent component,
the two elongated components are designed as two elongated positioning components and contact the wall for producing a tensile force within the connecting and disconnecting element,
the spring element additionally comprises at least two elongated holding components,
the elongated holding components form the ends of the spring element and are coupled to the main body in a form-fitting or frictionally locking manner,
each positioning component is connected to a holding component via a bent component,
the spring element forms an M-shaped form, and the wrap angle of the radius of the bent component connecting the two positioning components is smaller than the wrap angle of the radius of a bent component, which connects a holding component to a positioning component.

2. The tap according to claim 1 , wherein the spring element is additionally provided for producing a surface pressure and/or for fixing contact faces between the contact surface and the conical surface component of the connecting and disconnecting element.

3. The tap according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting and disconnecting element for dismantling or assembling can be moveable against the spring element in the axial extension direction of the connecting and disconnecting element.

4. A tap for producing and disconnecting a fluidic connection between at least two connector parts, the tap comprising:
at least one connecting and disconnecting element configured to: (i) produce the fluidic connection, and (ii) disconnect the fluidic connection, the connecting and disconnecting element being conical at least in sections and having at least one passage opening configured to produce the fluidic connection,
a manual actuating element configured to rotate the connecting and disconnecting element, the manual actuating element being mechanically coupled to the connecting and disconnecting element,
a main body including at least one connector part and an interior space configured to receive the connecting and disconnecting element, the interior space having a contact surface configured to contact with the connecting and disconnecting element, wherein:
the contact surface is of negative configuration at least in sections with respect to a conical surface component of the connecting and disconnecting element,
at least one spring element is provided for form-fitting fixing the position of the connecting and disconnecting element with respect to the main body, and the spring element is arranged in or on the main body,
the connecting and disconnecting element includes an extension that adjoins a section of the conical surface component, the section having a diameter that is smaller than the diameter of another section of the conical surface component,
the extension includes a wall, and the at least one spring element or at least one fixing agent impinged by the spring element contacts the wall for producing a tensile force within the connecting and disconnecting element,
the spring element includes at least two elongated components that are connected to each other by a bent component,
the two elongated components are configured as two elongated positioning components and contact the wall to produce a tensile force within the connecting and disconnecting element, and
the bent component includes sections with different radii such that a main section comprises a radius that is greater than the radii of two secondary sections, and the positioning components are connected to the main section via the secondary sections.

5. The according to claim 4 , wherein the spring element is additionally provided for producing a surface pressure and/or for fixing contact faces between the contact surface and the conical surface component of the connecting and disconnecting element.

6. Tap according to claim 4 , wherein the connecting and disconnecting element for dismantling or assembling can be moveable against the spring element in the axial extension direction of the connecting and disconnecting element.

7. The tap according to claim 6 , wherein a plurality of structurally identical spring elements are provided.

8. The tap according to claim 7 , wherein
at least three structurally identical spring elements are provided, and
each spring element is rotatably mounted with one end in a recess around a rotational axis and is held in a form-fitting manner by holding elements with another end in the extension direction of the rotational axis.

9. A tap for producing and disconnecting a fluidic connection between at least two connector parts, the tap comprising:
at least one connecting and disconnecting element configured to: (i) produce the fluidic connection, and (ii) disconnect the fluidic connection, the connecting and disconnecting element being conical at least in sections and having at least one passage opening configured to produce the fluidic connection,
a manual actuating element configured to rotate the connecting and disconnecting element, the manual actuating element being mechanically coupled to the connecting and disconnecting element,
a main body including at least one connector part and an interior space configured to receive the connecting and disconnecting element, the interior space having a contact surface configured to contact with the connecting and disconnecting element, wherein:
the contact surface is of negative configuration at least in sections with respect to a conical surface component of the connecting and disconnecting element,
at least two spring elements are provided for form-fitting fixing the position of the connecting and disconnecting element with respect to the main body, and at least one spring element of the at least two spring elements is arranged in or on the main body,
the connecting and disconnecting element includes an extension that adjoins a section of the conical surface component, the section having a diameter tha

Assignees

• Winter & Ibe Olympus

Inventors

• Miersch Hannes

Classifications

• F16K5/0292 Primary

  Easy mounting or dismounting means · CPC title

• F16K5/165

  Means pressing on the small diameter · CPC title