Double-Socket Pipe Joint Structure for Gap-Free Lateral Loading
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pipe connection systems fail to prevent gaps from forming between pipes under lateral loads, leading to potential dirt accumulation and reduced tightness, as well as structural damage due to stress.
Innovation Solution
A pipe connection part with an annular web and inner sleeve design that ensures no gaps form between pipes, even under lateral loads, using annular beads and ribs for force distribution and stability, made of a single piece of plastic.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If an annular web is arranged between socket areas to prevent pipe displacement, then lateral stop function is improved, but gaps form between the annular web and pipe spigots under lateral loads
Solution Approach 1:
The annular web is segmented by providing receiving spaces that allow the pipe spigot to be received between the annular web and the inner sleeve. This segmentation enables the structure to accommodate lateral movements while maintaining continuous contact, preventing gap formation and ensuring reliable sealing under lateral loads.
2Adaptability or versatility
If pipes are connected in a curve layout, then adaptability to different installation configurations is improved, but lateral loads create stress that can damage the coupling
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling incorporates an inner sleeve with a specific receiving space configuration that provides localized support to the pipe spigot. This local quality enhancement at the critical interface between the annular web and pipe spigot allows the coupling to withstand lateral loads generated during curve installations while maintaining structural integrity.
3Reliability
If the inner diameter of the double socket is adapted to the outer diameter of pipes, then connection tightness is improved, but no accommodation is provided for lateral displacement without creating gaps
Solution Approach 1:
The inner sleeve is nested within the double socket structure, creating a receiving space between the annular web and the inner sleeve. This nested configuration allows the pipe spigot to be positioned securely while accommodating lateral movements without creating harmful gaps, thus maintaining both tightness and adaptability.
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AI summary
Pipe connector (1) for connecting the spigot ends (37, 38) of two pipes (35, 36), wherein the pipe connector (1) has two socket areas (2, 3), each socket area (2, 3) being designed to receive a pipe spigot end (37, 38) and having an insertion opening (4, 5) for inserting the pipe spigot ends (37, 38), wherein an annular web (6) extending transversely along the inner wall (7) to the longitudinal extent of the pipe connector (1) is arranged between the socket areas (2, 3) of the pipe connector (1), wherein the annular web (6) has an inner sleeve (8) extending on both sides towards the insertion openings (4, 5), and between the inner sleeve (8), the side walls (9, 10) of the annular web (6) and sections of the The inner wall (7) of the pipe connection part (1) has a circumferential receiving space (11, 12) on both sides of the ring web (6) for receiving at least the respective pipe tip ends (37, 38) in sections.