Connecting Pipe Support Groove for Precise Leak-Free Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing connecting pipes are difficult to align accurately during installation, leading to potential damage, deformation, and fluid leakage due to misalignment and gaps at connection areas.
Innovation Solution
A connecting pipe design featuring a support groove aligned with the fluid flow direction, allowing for precise alignment and connection using a stick, minimizing misalignment and ensuring no gaps form during assembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a worker presses the connecting pipe using a stick during connection work, then the pipe can be inserted into the opening, but the center lines of the pipes may become misaligned causing damage or deformation at the connection area
Solution Approach 1:
A guide rod is introduced as an intermediary tool between the worker and the connecting pipe. The guide rod fits into a guide hole in the connecting pipe and provides a precise reference path that ensures the pipe is pushed along the correct trajectory, maintaining alignment with the opening's center line while still allowing the worker to apply pushing force
Solution Approach 2:
The direct mechanical interaction between the worker's stick and the connecting pipe is replaced by a guided mechanical system. Instead of the worker directly pushing the pipe with a stick (which causes misalignment), the pipe is pushed along a guide rod that constrains its movement path, substituting the imprecise direct mechanical system with a more precise guided system
2Productivity
If the connecting pipe is pressed without proper alignment guidance, then the connection work can be performed, but gaps are generated between pipes causing fluid leakage
Solution Approach 1:
The guide rod serves as a mediator that ensures reliable connection by maintaining precise alignment between the connecting pipe and the opening throughout the insertion process. This intermediary component prevents gaps from forming at the connection interface, ensuring fluid-tight sealing while allowing the connection to be completed in a single pushing motion
3Manufacturing precision
If the connecting pipe has a bent shape to meet center lines, then connection accuracy can be improved, but it becomes difficult for the worker to find and align with the center line position
Solution Approach 1:
The alignment reference function is extracted from the complex bent shape of the connecting pipe itself and separated into a distinct, simple component - the guide rod with its guide hole. This extraction makes the alignment reference visible and accessible to the worker, who can easily locate and follow the guide rod's path without being confused by the bent configuration of the pipe
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of making the worker find and align with the center line of a bent pipe (complex to external observer), the solution inverts the approach by providing an external guide (the guide rod) that defines the alignment path. The worker simply follows the guide rod's trajectory rather than trying to determine the center line of the bent pipe themselves
Data Source
AI summary
The present specification relates to a connecting pipe connected to pipes. In one embodiment, the connecting pipe may comprise: a first opening; a second opening; and a support groove which is vertical to the transverse cross section of the first opening, and which is disposed on a first center line passing through the center of the transverse cross section of the first opening. When the connecting pipe according to embodiments is connected to the pipes, the possibility of breakage or deformation, which can occur at a connecting portion of the connecting pipe and the pipe, can be minimized.