Quick Pipe Connector With Triple Fixation for Leak-Safe Fast Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pipe connection methods, such as hot melting, welding, and threaded connections, are inefficient and labor-intensive for mounting and dismounting, often leading to leakage and requiring excessive manpower.
Innovation Solution
A quick connector design featuring a joint pipe with different diameter insertion cavities, a seal ring, a gland, and a clamping chuck with a locking piece and metal clamping piece, allowing for easy assembly and disassembly with enhanced sealing and stability through triple fixation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If hot melting, welding or threaded connection is used to connect pipes, then the connection strength is improved, but the mounting and dismounting efficiency deteriorates and requires much manpower
Solution Approach 1:
The connector is divided into multiple independent components: a body with insertion cavities, a separable cap with clamping mechanism, and a seal ring. This segmentation allows the connector to maintain strong sealing and connection when assembled while enabling quick disassembly and reassembly, thus improving mounting and dismounting efficiency without sacrificing connection strength.
2Stability of the object's composition
If hot melting or welding is used to connect pipes, then the connection stability is improved, but the ease of mounting and dismounting deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The connector employs a dynamic clamping mechanism where the cap can be rotated to clamp or release the pipe. The clamping chuck with clamping shrapnels provides adjustable clamping force that can be easily engaged and disengaged. This dynamic design ensures stable connection during operation while allowing quick mounting and dismounting when needed.
3Reliability
If threaded connection is used to connect pipes, then the connection reliability is improved, but the manpower required deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The threading operation is extracted and replaced by a simpler clamping mechanism. Instead of requiring threaded connections that need significant manpower to tighten and loosen, the design uses a cap with clamping shrapnels that can be easily rotated to secure or release the pipe. This extraction of the complex threading operation maintains connection reliability while dramatically reducing the manpower required.
4Ease of manufacture
If a simple connector design is used, then the ease of manufacture is improved, but the sealing reliability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
A seal ring is introduced as an intermediary component between the pipe and the connector body. This separate seal element ensures reliable sealing without complicating the overall manufacturing process. The seal ring can be independently manufactured and then assembled into the connector, maintaining ease of manufacture while ensuring dependable sealing performance.
5Productivity
If a quick connector is designed for easy mounting and dismounting, then the mounting efficiency is improved, but the connection stability may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
Multiple functional elements are merged into a unified clamping mechanism: the cap, clamping chuck, and clamping shrapnels work together as an integrated system. When the cap is rotated, it simultaneously engages the clamping shrapnels to secure the pipe and compresses the seal ring to ensure sealing. This merging of functions ensures that quick mounting does not compromise connection stability.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The design significantly improves mounting efficiency, ensures reliable connection and sealing, and facilitates quick insertion and dismounting of pipes, enhancing stability and adaptability to various scenarios.
Implementation Method 1
the locking piece is an elastic spring steel tooth sleeve, the spring steel tooth sleeve includes a pressure-bearing flat ring and a plurality of steel teeth uniformly arranged inside the pressure-bearing flat ring
Implementation Method 2
a seal ring is mounted on a bottom of the seal cavity; and when the screw cap is screwed up, a lower end surface of the gland presses the seal ring, such that an inner wall of the seal ring is sealed with an outer wall of the pipe
Implementation Method 3
a plurality of clamping shrapnels distributed circumferentially are arranged on a lower portion of the clamping chuck, a bump is disposed on a lower end of the clamping shrapnel, and the bump is provided with an upper conical surface on an upper side and a lower conical surface on a lower side
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention discloses a quick connector stable for connection and convenient for mounting and dismounting, which includes a joint pipe that is provided with a first insertion cavity and a second insertion cavity in a center with different diameters for inserting a pipe or a rod, wherein a seal cavity is respectively provided outside the first insertion cavity and the second insertion cavity, a seal ring is mounted on a bottom of the seal cavity, a gland is mounted on an upper end of the seal ring, the joint pipe is detachably connected to a screw cap, a clamping chuck is provided in the screw cap, and a locking piece is mounted between the clamping chuck and the gland.