Watertightness testing method and assembling device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12196644-B2
Application number	US-202117911865-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2021
Priority date	Mar 16, 2020
Publication date	Jan 14, 2025
Grant date	Jan 14, 2025

Abstract

A watertightness testing method for testing watertightness of a joined section ( 4 ) where one end section of a second pipe ( 3 ) is joined to a first pipe ( 2 ), the watertightness testing method including: inserting a testing device body ( 21 ) into the first pipe ( 2 ); attaching an assembling device ( 80 ) to another end section of the second pipe ( 3 ); attaching a pulling device ( 82 a ) to the assembling device ( 80 ) and connecting the pulling device ( 82 a ) to a strap-shaped member ( 112 a ) having been wound in advance around an outer circumference of the first pipe ( 2 ); operating the pulling device ( 82 a ) and pulling the strap-shaped member ( 112 a ) in a separating direction of the second pipe ( 3 ) to have a reaction force generated in the second pipe ( 3 ) cause the second pipe ( 3 ) to be pulled in a joining direction (G), the one end section of the second pipe ( 3 ) to be inserted into the first pipe ( 2 ), and the second pipe ( 3 ) to be joined to the first pipe ( 2 ); and operating a moving operation rod ( 22 ) provided in the testing device body ( 21 ) from outside of the other end section of the second pipe ( 3 ) in a state where the second pipe ( 3 ) is being pulled in the joining direction (G) to move the testing device body ( 21 ) to the joined section ( 4 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A watertightness testing method for testing watertightness of a joined section where one end section of a second pipe is joined to a first pipe, the watertightness testing method comprising:
inserting, into the first pipe, a testing device body of a watertightness testing device for performing a watertightness test inside a pipe;
attaching an assembling device to another end section of the second pipe;
attaching a pulling device to the assembling device and connecting the pulling device to a strap-shaped member having been wound in advance around an outer circumference of the first pipe;
operating the pulling device and pulling the strap-shaped member in a separating direction of the second pipe to have a reaction force generated in the second pipe cause the second pipe to be pulled in a joining direction, the one end section of the second pipe to be inserted into an end section of the first pipe, and the one end section of the second pipe to be joined to the first pipe; and
operating a moving operation rod provided in the testing device body from outside of the other end section of the second pipe in a state where the second pipe is being pulled in the joining direction to move the testing device body to the joined section inside the pipe and performing a watertightness test of the joined section.

2. The watertightness testing method according to claim 1 , wherein when operating the moving operation rod from outside of the other end section of the second pipe to move the testing device body to the joined section inside the pipe, the moving operation rod is passed through a passage space secured in a central part of the other end section of the second pipe and pulled outside from the other end section of the second pipe without interfering with the assembling device.

3. An assembling device used in the watertightness testing method according to claim 1 , the assembling device comprising:
a frame body attachable to and detachable from the other end section of the second pipe and an attaching section for attaching the pulling device to the frame body, wherein
the attaching section is provided on the frame body, and the frame body can be attached to the other end section of the second pipe to be arranged in a periphery of the passage space for pulling out the moving operation rod.

4. The assembling device according to claim 3 , wherein
the attaching section is provided outside in a pipe diameter direction of the frame body,
a fall prevention device for preventing the frame body attached to the other end section of the second pipe from falling outward in the pipe diameter direction is provided on the frame body, and
the fall prevention device has a rolling element that can be brought into contact with a wall surface surrounding the pipe.

5. The assembling device according to claim 4 , wherein the fall prevention device has a position adjuster that moves a position of the rolling element in the pipe diameter direction.

6. An assembly device used in the watertightness testing method according to claim 2 , the assembling device comprising:
a frame body attachable to and detachable from the other end section of the second pipe and an attaching section for attaching the pulling device to the frame body, wherein
the attaching section is provided on the frame body, and the frame body can be attached to the other end section of the second pipe to be arranged in a periphery of the passage space for pulling out the moving operation rod.

7. The assembling device according to claim 6 , wherein
the attaching section is provided outside in a pipe diameter direction of the frame body,
a fall prevention device for preventing the frame body attached to the other end section of the second pipe from falling outward in the pipe diameter direction is provided on the frame body, and
the fall prevention device has a rolling element that can be brought into contact with a wall surface surrounding the pipe.

8. The assembling device according to claim 7 , wherein the fall prevention device has a position adjuster that moves a position of the rolling element in the pipe diameter direction.

Assignees

• Kubota Kk

Inventors

• Komaru Yuito
• Kishi Shozo
• Shimomura Masataka
• HIGASA Daichi
• Ikeda Kohei

Classifications

• F16L2101/30

  Inspecting, measuring or testing · CPC title

• G01M3/085

  for pipe joints or seals (G01M3/088 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16L21/02

  with elastic sealing rings between pipe and sleeve or between pipe and socket, e.g. with rolling or other prefabricated profiled rings (F16L21/06, F16L21/08 take precedence; if adjustability is essential F16L27/00) · CPC title

• F16L25/10

  Sleeveless joints between two pipes, one being introduced into the other · CPC title

• Y02E30/30

  Nuclear fission reactors · CPC title