Pipe Coupling Clamp Segments for Secure Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pipe and hose couplings are cumbersome to handle, especially with large-volume hoses and pipes, leading to difficulties in assembly and storage, as they can be lost or fall off during use.
Innovation Solution
A device featuring clamp segments with a U-shaped or trapezoidal cross-section that pivotally connect to sleeves, ensuring secure engagement and centering of flanges, with a safety mechanism to prevent accidental disengagement, and allowing for axial and angular mobility to facilitate easy assembly and disassembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If clamp segments are pivotally connected to sleeves with connector elements, then the coupling can be easily closed and opened, but the coupling may get lost or fall off during assembly and storage
Solution Approach 1:
The invention applies preliminary anti-action by providing a retention mechanism that prevents the clamp segments from falling off or getting lost during assembly and storage operations. The retention feature is designed to counteract the potential loss before it occurs, allowing the coupling to be easily opened and closed while maintaining security against accidental separation.
2Volume of moving object
If large-volume hoses and pipes are used, then the coupling must be correspondingly large, but the coupling becomes heavy and more cumbersome to handle
Solution Approach 1:
The invention applies segmentation by dividing the coupling into two separate clamp segments that can be independently positioned and secured. This segmentation allows the coupling to be assembled in a step-by-step manner, reducing the physical effort required to handle large-volume hoses and pipes while maintaining the necessary coupling size for the application.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention applies dynamics by enabling the clamp segments to be pivotally connected and movable during assembly. The clamp segments can be positioned and secured in a controlled sequence, making the coupling process more manageable for large-volume hoses and pipes while reducing the overall handling effort required.
3Ease of manufacture
If the hinge pin extended end is inserted into a radial slot with the clamping lever pivot bolt moved within a second slot, then the coupling can be closed, but the handling becomes cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The invention applies segmentation by providing separate connector elements for each clamp segment, allowing them to be independently positioned and secured. This eliminates the need for complex coordinated movements of multiple components through slots, simplifying the closing operation while maintaining manufacturing capability.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a device for establishing a releasable connection of the free ends of pipes or tubes, comprising two sleeves having respective flanges, the flanges being designed to match each other, two hinged clamp segments that are designed to retain, such that they are coupled to each other, the flanges of the sleeves which are telescoped into each other in the use position, the free ends of the clamp segments being coupleable by means of matching connector elements, and one of the clamp segments being immobilized on one of the two sleeves.