Method of installing exhaust tube

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9341368-B2
Application number	US-201414466435-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 22, 2014
Priority date	Aug 22, 2014
Publication date	May 17, 2016
Grant date	May 17, 2016

Abstract

A method of installing an exhaust tube is implemented by inserting an exhaust tube into an exhaust pipe that leads from inside of a building to outside thereof. A support portion of an insertion jig is introduced into a through hole from a side of one end portion of the exhaust tube, and a projection of the support portion is engaged with a recess of the exhaust tube, so that the insertion jig is fixed to the exhaust tube. An end of the exhaust tube on the side of the one end portion having the insertion jig fixed thereto is inserted into the exhaust pipe, and the exhaust tube is pushed from inside of the building to outside thereof.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of installing an exhaust tube by inserting an exhaust tube into an exhaust pipe leading from inside of a building to outside thereof, said method comprising the steps of:
preparing said exhaust tube having a first end portion and a second end portion, a through hole extending from said first end portion to said second end portion, and a recess provided in an inner circumferential surface of said through hole, said exhaust tube being formed of a flexible tube made of resin;
preparing an insertion jig including an outer circumferential surface, a support portion having a cylindrical portion, tongue portions and a projection that projects from said outer circumferential surface toward an outside of said support portion, and a protruding portion that protrudes from said support portion to a side opposite to said exhaust tube in a state where said support portion is introduced into said through hole from a side of said first end portion of said exhaust tube, said protruding portion covering said through hole on the side of said first end portion of said exhaust tube, and said support portion and said protruding portion being integrally formed, the cylindrical portion being connected to the protruding portion, the cylindrical portion having an outer circumferential surface, the tongue portions protruding from the cylindrical portion to a side opposite to the protruding portion and each of the tongue portions has an outer circumferential surface;
introducing said support portion of said insertion jig into said through hole from the side of said first end portion of said exhaust tube, and engaging said projection of said support portion with said recess such that the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion extends along the entire circumference of the inner circumferential surface of the exhaust tube in the circumferential direction and the outer circumferential surfaces of the tongue portions extend along a part of the inner circumferential surface of the exhaust tube in the circumferential direction, to fix said insertion jig to said exhaust tube; and
inserting, into said exhaust pipe, an end of said exhaust tube on the side of said first end portion having said insertion jig fixed thereto, and pushing said exhaust tube from inside of said building to outside thereof.

2. The method of installing an exhaust tube according to claim 1 , wherein said protruding portion is curved convexly toward a side opposite to said support portion.

3. The method of installing an exhaust tube according to claim 2 , wherein said insertion jig is formed of a resin molding product, and said protruding portion has a surface that is subjected to low friction processing such that said surface is lower in coefficient of friction than a surface of said exhaust tube.

4. The method of installing an exhaust tube according to claim 2 , wherein said projection includes a tip end portion and a root portion, and has a first inclined surface that inclines from said tip end portion toward said root portion on a side of said second end portion.

5. The method of installing an exhaust tube according to claim 1 , wherein said insertion jig is formed of a resin molding product, and said protruding portion has a surface that is subjected to low friction processing such that said surface is lower in coefficient of friction than a surface of said exhaust tube.

6. The method of installing an exhaust tube according to claim 1 , wherein said protruding portion can be deformed by coming into contact with an inner circumferential surface of said exhaust pipe.

7. The method of installing an exhaust tube according to claim 1 , wherein said projection includes a tip end portion and a root portion, and has a first inclined surface that inclines from said tip end portion toward said root portion on a side of said second end portion.

8. The method of installing an exhaust tube according to claim 6 , wherein said projection has a second inclined surface that inclines from said tip end portion toward said root portion on the side of said first end portion.

9. The method of installing an exhaust tube according to claim 1 , wherein said projection includes a tip end portion and a root portion, and has a second inclined surface that inclines from said tip end portion toward said root portion on the side of said first end portion.

10. The method of installing an exhaust tube according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of pulling out said support portion of said insertion jig from the side of said first end portion of said exhaust tube, at a tip end portion of said exhaust pipe on outside of the building.

Assignees

• Noritz Corp

Inventors

• Sugatani Masaki
• Matsunaga Hironao

Classifications

• F16L55/115

  Caps {(F16L55/1286 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• F23J13/04

  Joints; Connections · CPC title

• F23J13/025 Primary

  composed of concentric elements, e.g. double walled (terminals for balanced flue arrangements F23L17/04) · CPC title

• F16L11/15

  corrugated (F16L11/16 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16L55/11

  Plugs {(F16L55/128 takes precedence)} · CPC title