Manufacturing device for bent pipe and method of manufacturing bent pipe

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11344940-B2
Application number	US-202017111668-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2020
Priority date	Jan 22, 2020
Publication date	May 31, 2022
Grant date	May 31, 2022

Abstract

One aspect of the present disclosure is a manufacturing device by which the bent pipe is obtained by bending a double pipe. The device includes inner and intermediate core metals, a bending mold, and a controller. The controller executes: a first bending process in which first and second pipes are bent by the bending mold in a first direction in a first area of the double pipe where the inner and intermediate core metals are placed; a second bending process in which the first and second pipes are bent, after the first bending process, by the bending mold in a second direction in a second area of the double pipe where the inner and intermediate core metals are placed; and a first bending-back process in which the second pipe is bent, after the first bending process, in a direction opposite to the first direction in the first area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A manufacturing device for a bent pipe by which the bent pipe is obtained by bending a double pipe with a first pipe and a second pipe containing therein the first pipe, the manufacturing device comprising:
an inner core metal configured to be placed in the first pipe;
an intermediate core metal configured to be placed between the first pipe and the second pipe;
a bending mold configured to bend the double pipe; and
a controller,
wherein the controller is configured to execute:
a first bending process in which the first pipe and the second pipe are bent by the bending mold in a first direction in a first area of the double pipe where the inner core metal and the intermediate core metal are placed;
a second bending process in which the first pipe and the second pipe are bent, after the first bending process, by the bending mold in a second direction in a second area of the double pipe where the inner core metal and the intermediate core metal are placed; and
a first bending-back process in which the second pipe is bent, after the first bending process, in a direction opposite to the first direction in the first area.

2. The manufacturing device for a bent pipe according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to execute a second bending-back process in which the second pipe is bent, after the second bending process, in a direction opposite to the second direction in the second area.

3. The manufacturing device for a bent pipe according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to execute the first bending-back process after the second bending process.

4. The manufacturing device for a bent pipe according to claim 3 ,
wherein the manufacturing device further comprises a bending-back mold that is configured to bend the second pipe by rotating the second pipe about the center of the first area as a fulcrum, and
wherein the controller is configured to bend the second pipe by the bending-back mold in the first bending-back process.

5. The manufacturing device for a bent pipe according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to execute the first bending-back process before the second bending process.

6. A method of manufacturing a bent pipe in which the bent pipe is obtained by bending a double pipe with a first pipe and a second pipe containing therein the first pipe, the method comprising:
placing an inner core metal in the first pipe and placing an intermediate core metal between the first pipe and the second pipe,
bending the first pipe and the second pipe by a bending mold in a first direction in a first area of the double pipe where the inner core metal and the intermediate core metal are placed;
bending the first pipe and the second pipe, after the bending in the first direction, by the bending mold in a second direction in a second area of the double pipe where the inner core metal and the intermediate core metal are placed; and
bending-back the second pipe, after the bending in the first direction, in a direction opposite to the first direction in the first area.

Assignees

• Futaba Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Iwase Hiro
• Yamamoto Koichiro
• Sakurai Takashi

Classifications

• B21D9/04 Primary

  the mandrel being rigid · CPC title

• B21D9/05

  co-operating with forming members · CPC title

• B21D11/07 Primary

  Making serpentine-shaped articles by bending essentially in one plane · CPC title

• B21D9/03

  and built-up from loose elements, e.g. series of balls · CPC title

• B21D7/024 Primary

  by a swinging forming member · CPC title