Rotatable Gas Pipe Joint Structure for Multi-Angle Sealing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional gas pipe joints are limited in their ability to connect pipes at angles other than right angles, leading to gas leakage issues, especially when moving appliances, and have complex assembly processes that reduce efficiency and increase maintenance costs.
Innovation Solution
A gas pipe joint design featuring a connection pipe with first and second threaded pipes, and sleeves, equipped with loops and gaskets, allowing for easy connection and rotation in multiple directions while maintaining a fixed specification to reduce maintenance and fabrication costs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple steel balls are accommodated in grooves and stopped by multiple screw bolts to enable rotation in two different directions, then the gas pipe joint can connect pipes at various angles, but the assembly process becomes complicated and assembly efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple steel balls into a single integrated steel ball structure, and merges multiple screw bolts into one unified screw bolt. This consolidation maintains the rotational functionality in two different directions while significantly simplifying the assembly process, directly resolving the contradiction between adaptability and device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The single integrated steel ball structure serves multiple functions simultaneously - it enables rotation in the first direction and rotation in the second direction, replacing what previously required separate steel balls for each direction. This multi-functionality reduces the number of components without sacrificing rotational capability
2Device complexity
If conventional gas pipe joints are used with right angle or non-right angle definitions, then the structure is simple, but the adaptability to connect pipes at various angles is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces dynamic rotational capability to the gas pipe joint through the steel ball and groove mechanism. The joint can now rotate in two different directions, transforming from a fixed-angle connector to a dynamically adjustable connector that can adapt to various pipe angles while maintaining structural simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the angular parameter of the connection by enabling rotation in two different directions. This allows the connection angle to be adjusted dynamically rather than being fixed at right angles or specific non-right angles, thereby improving adaptability without significantly increasing structural complexity
Data Source
AI summary
A gas pipe joint contains: a connection pipe, a first threaded pipe, and a second threaded pipe. The connection pipe includes a first part and a second part, the first part has a first threaded orifice, and the second part has a second threaded orifice. The first threaded pipe includes a first coupling section, a first nut section, and a second coupling section. The second threaded pipe includes a second nut section and a third coupling section, the second nut section has a second screwing portion, and the third coupling section has at least one second recessed portion and a second groove. The third coupling section has a second shoulder. The second shoulder has a second lower gasket. The first groove has two first loops, and the second groove has two second loops.