Device for securing at least one insulation on a duct, duct equipped with said securing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11460213-B2
Application number	US-201816199633-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 26, 2018
Priority date	Dec 1, 2017
Publication date	Oct 4, 2022
Grant date	Oct 4, 2022

Abstract

A device for securing at least one insulating tube on a duct, includes an inner ring configured to be mounted on the duct, an outer ring coaxial to the inner ring, and a transverse web linking the inner and outer rings, the inner and outer rings and the transverse web forming two recesses, arranged on either side of the transverse web, each configured to receive an end of an insulating tube.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for securing at least one insulating tube on a duct, comprising:
an inner ring configured to be mounted on the duct;
an outer ring coaxial to the inner ring; and
a transverse web linking the inner and outer rings, each inner or outer ring extending on either side of the transverse web such that the securing device has an I-shaped section in a longitudinal plane and that the inner and outer rings and the transverse web form two recesses, arranged on either side of the transverse web, each configured to receive an end of an insulating tube,
wherein the securing device comprises first and second parts each extending over a half-circumference of the duct, each of the first and second parts respectively comprising first and second ends, the first end of the first part being linked to the second end of the second part by a first link, the second end of the first part being linked to the first end of the second part by a second link,
wherein each of the first and second links comprises at least one guiding system making it possible to guide the first and second ends relative to one another in a direction of introduction and at least one locking system making it possible to immobilize the first and second ends in the direction of introduction,
wherein the locking system comprises a tongue, linked to one of the first or second ends, the tongue having a hook form configured to cooperate with a notch integral to the other of the first or second ends, the tongue being elastically deformable between a state of rest in which the hook form is in contact with the notch and an elastically deformed state in which the hook form is moved away from the notch, and
wherein the outer ring comprises a circumferentially extending orifice configured to allow a passage of a tool for pushing the tongue into the elastically deformed state.

2. The securing device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second parts of the securing device are identical for each first or second part, the first end being different and complementary to the second end.

3. The securing device according to claim 1 , wherein the guiding system comprises at least one tenon integral to the first end, protruding from a first end face of the first end and configured to be housed in at least one recess formed in the second end hollowed out relative to the second end face of the second end, the tenon and the recess having complementary forms so that the tenon slides into the recess in the direction of introduction, the first and second end faces being pressed against one another when the first and second parts are assembled.

4. The securing device according to claim 3 , wherein the recess is delimited by the transverse web and two rails, parallel to the transverse web, linked respectively to the inner ring and to the outer ring.

5. The securing device according to claim 3 , wherein the guiding system comprises two tenons, integral to the first end, configured to be housed in two recesses, formed in the second end, that are symmetrical relative to the transverse web.

6. The securing device according to claim 3 , wherein the tongue has an inclined flat making it possible to deform the tongue to the deformed state when mounting the two parts of the securing device.

7. The securing device according to claim 3 , wherein at least one of the at least one tenon comprises a slit which makes it possible to separate the tongue from the rest of the tenon in order for it to be able to be deformed between the rest and deformed states.

8. The securing device according to claim 1 , further comprising a fixing system.

9. The securing device according to claim 8 , wherein the fixing system comprises a ring linked to one of the parts of the securing device and configured to be fitted on a main duct.

10. The securing device according to claim 9 , wherein the ring is an inner ring of a second securing device.

11. The securing device according to claim 8 , wherein the fixing system comprises a body having a first contact surface, configured to be pressed and fixed by link elements onto a support or a structure, and a T-shaped groove configured to receive the outer ring of the securing device and a part of its transverse web.

12. The securing device according to claim 11 , wherein the body comprises a first jaw and a second jaw, delimiting the T-shaped groove and configured to slide relative to one another in order to adjust the dimension of the T-shaped groove and wherein the fixing system comprises a link for linking the first and second jaws.

13. A duct equipped with at least one securing device according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Sas

Inventors

• LOPEZ José

Classifications

• F16L59/14 Primary

  Arrangements for the insulation of pipes or pipe systems (F16L59/02 - F16L59/12 take precedence) · CPC title

• F16L3/237

  for two pipes · CPC title

• F24F13/0209 Primary

  characterised by their connecting means, e.g. flanges · CPC title

• F16L59/20

  for non-disconnectable joints · CPC title

• F16L3/1025

  the members being joined by quick-acting means · CPC title