Pipe Insulating Cover Socket With Rivet-Free Quick Coupling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional pipe-insulating structures face challenges in easy attachment and detachment, leading to material waste and increased thermal stress due to complex coupling methods using rivets, which are cumbersome and protrude externally, affecting the appearance and longevity of pipes.
Innovation Solution
The proposed insulating cover device features a finishing cover and protective sheet coupled via a connecting socket with ring-shaped pressing parts and clamping hooks, allowing for simple and rapid assembly without additional elements like rivets, using soft metal for the finishing cover and fabric for the protective sheet, which can be easily detached and securely attached to the socket.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If rivets are used to couple the finishing cover and protective sheet to the socket, then the coupling strength is improved, but the device complexity and ease of operation deteriorate due to cumbersome installation and protruding external elements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the harmful function of rivets (protruding external elements that complicate assembly) and replaces them with integrated pressing parts and clamping hooks that are formed directly on the socket structure. This eliminates the need for separate coupling members while maintaining coupling strength.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the coupling function into the socket structure itself by forming pressing parts and clamping hooks as integral features of the socket. This combines the socket and coupling mechanisms into a single unified component, eliminating the need for separate rivets or fasteners.
2Strength
If rivets are used to couple the finishing cover and protective sheet, then the coupling strength is improved, but the device complexity increases due to additional coupling elements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the coupling function into the socket structure itself by forming pressing parts and clamping hooks as integral features of the socket. This combines the socket and coupling mechanisms into a single unified component, eliminating the need for separate rivets or fasteners.
Solution Approach 2:
The socket structure provides its own coupling mechanisms (pressing parts and clamping hooks) that are self-contained within the socket design. The system serves itself by incorporating all necessary coupling features directly into the socket without requiring external fastening elements.
3Measurement precision
If the insulator is removed for thinning inspection and reinstalled, then the inspection accuracy is improved, but the loss of substance increases due to material waste from discarded insulators and finishing covers
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables easy detachment and recovery of the insulator and finishing cover assembly. The modular design with integrated coupling mechanisms allows the insulator to be removed for inspection and then easily reinstalled or replaced, reducing material waste by facilitating reuse rather than disposal.
4Strength
If complex coupling methods are used to attach the insulator, then the coupling strength is improved, but the productivity decreases due to time-consuming installation and detachment processes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the harmful function of rivets (protruding external elements that complicate assembly) and replaces them with integrated pressing parts and clamping hooks that are formed directly on the socket structure. This eliminates the need for separate coupling members while maintaining coupling strength.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the coupling function into the socket structure itself by forming pressing parts and clamping hooks as integral features of the socket. This combines the socket and coupling mechanisms into a single unified component, eliminating the need for separate rivets or fasteners.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to an insulating cover device of a pipe-insulating structure. The insulating cover device of a pipe-insulating structure, according to the present invention, comprises: a finishing cover; a protective sheet having, at the end thereof, a ring part into which a steel wire is inserted; and a connecting socket for connecting the finishing cover and the protective sheet, wherein the finishing cover is coupled to the connecting socket by means of a plurality of ring-shaped pressing parts press-molded in a ring shape on an inner vertical plate part of the connecting socket, and the ring part is clamped in a form of being encompassed by a plurality of clamping hooks cut from the inner vertical plate part of the connecting socket and then rolled up, so that the protective sheet is coupled to the connecting socket.