Press Connection System for the Non-Releasable Connection of a Fitting and Fitting

Abstract

The invention relates to a press connection system for non-releasably connecting a fitting to a pipe, with a press jaw, with a press contour formed on the inside of the press jaw. The press contour has a cylindrical press section, with a fitting, with a fitting base body and a press sleeve forming a press chamber. A sealing ring is arranged at the proximal end of the press chamber relative to the fitting base body and a cutting ring is arranged at the distal end of the press chamber relative to the fitting base body. The cutting ring has a central cylindrical section and cutting elements arranged at the distal end and cutting elements arranged at the proximal end. The technical problem of further improving the pull-out resistance and bursting resistance of the pressed fitting is solved by the press contour having a distal press portion adjacent to the cylindrical press portion, which is at least sectionally conical in shape, and a proximal press portion adjacent to the cylindrical press portion, which is at least sectionally conical in shape, in that the distal press portion is formed to form the distal end of the cutting ring radially inwardly when the press sleeve is pressed radially, that the cylindrical press section is formed to form the proximal end of the cutting ring radially inwardly when the press sleeve is pressed radially, and that the proximal press section is formed to form the sealing ring radially inwardly when the press sleeve is pressed radially. The invention also relates to a swaged fitting.

Claims

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3. A press connection system for non-detachable connection of a fitting to a pipe, with a press jaw, with a press contour formed on the inside of the press jaw, wherein the press contour has a cylindrical press section, with a fitting, with a fitting base body and a press sleeve forming a press chamber, wherein a sealing ring is arranged at the proximal end of the press chamber relative to the fitting main body and a cutting ring is arranged at the distal end of the press chamber relative to the fitting main body, wherein the cutting ring has a central cylindrical portion, cutting elements disposed at the distal end and cutting elements disposed at the proximal end and wherein the press contour has a distal press section adjacent to the cylindrical press section, which is conical at least in sections, and a proximal press section adjacent to the cylindrical press section, which is conical at least in sections, wherein the distal press portion is formed to reshape the distal end of the cutting ring radially inwardly when the press sleeve is pressed radially, the cylindrical press portion is formed to reshape the proximal end of the cutting ring radially inwardly upon the radial pressing of the press sleeve, and the proximal press portion is formed to reshape the sealing ring radially inwardly upon the radial pressing of the press sleeve.

4. A fitting in the pressed state, with a tube, which is connected non-detachably to the fitting, with a fitting base body and a press sleeve forming a press chamber, wherein a sealing ring is disposed at the proximal end of the press chamber relative to the fitting main body and a cutting ring is disposed at the distal end of the press chamber relative to the fitting main body, and wherein the cutting ring comprises a cylindrical portion and cutting elements disposed at the distal end and cutting elements disposed at the proximal end, wherein in the radially compressed state of the press sleeve the cutting ring and the sealing ring are deformed radially inwards and the cutting elements have partially penetrated the tube, wherein in the radially compressed state of the press sleeve, the distal end of the cutting ring is deformed inwards, at least in sections, to a radius smaller than the radius of the proximal end of the cutting ring, and that the distal cutting elements, at least in sections, have penetrated deeper into the tube than the proximal cutting elements.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0021] In the following, the invention is explained by means of an embodiment example with reference to the drawing. The drawing show

[0022] FIG. 1 a section of a pressing system according to the invention before the pressing process,

[0023] FIG. 2 the pressing system shown in FIG. 1 after the pressing process,

[0024] FIG. 3 a side view of the press system according to FIG. 1,

[0025] FIG. 4 the press system according to FIG. 1 in cross-section along line IV-IV in FIG. 3,

[0026] FIG. 5 the press profile of the press jaw according to FIG. 1

[0027] FIG. 6 a press system according to the state of the art before the pressing process in cross-section and

[0028] FIG. 7 the pressing system shown in FIG. 6 after the pressing process.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0029] An embodiment of a press-fit connection system according to the invention is explained below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

[0030] The press-fitting system 2 for the non-detachable connection of a fitting to a pipe 4 firstly has a press jaw 6 which consists of two press jaw halves 6a and 6b which are part of a press tool and are held by retaining lugs 8 arranged on both sides, see in particular FIGS. 3 and 4. The retaining lugs 8 have two bores 10a and 10b in which two shafts 12a and 12b are arranged to which the two press jaw halves 6a and 6b are pivotably attached. A further hole 14 for a fastening bolt 15 is also provided in the retaining lugs 8. The press jaw 6 is thus designed as a pressing loop which can be pressed together with a pressing tool at the open ends opposite the bore 14.

[0031] The drive mechanism of the pressing tool is in turn in operative connection with a pressing tool, which in particular has a double roller ram with two rollers. The double roller ram is in particular hydraulically or electrically driven, but the drive can also be realised by a toggle lever. The double roller plunger interacts with an inlet contour formed on the drive mechanism and presses the press jaw halves apart so that the press jaw halves are pressed together in the area of the press contour.

[0032] The press jaw 6 with the press jaw halves 6a and 6b has a press contour 16 on the inside, which initially has a cylindrical press section 16a.

[0033] Furthermore, the press-fit connection system 2 comprises a fitting 20, wherein the fitting 20 is formed with a fitting base body 22 and a press sleeve 26 comprising a press chamber 24. Within the press chamber 24, a sealing ring 28 is disposed at the proximal end 30 of the press chamber 24 relative to the fitting base body 22, and a cutting ring 32 is disposed at the distal end 34 of the press chamber 24 relative to the fitting base body 22. A separating ring 36 is also arranged between the sealing ring 28 and the cutting ring 32.

[0034] Circumferentially flanged sections 26a formed at the distal end of the press sleeve 26 serve to position the elements arranged in the press chamber 24.

[0035] The cutting ring 32 has a central cylindrical portion 32a, cutting elements 32b arranged at the distal end and cutting elements 32c arranged at the proximal end.

[0036] The press contour 16 further comprises a conical distal press section 16b adjacent to the cylindrical press section 16a and a conical proximal press section 16c adjacent to the cylindrical press section 16a. In this regard, the distal press section 16b is configured to reshape the distal end of the cutting ring 32 radially inwardly during radial pressing of the press sleeve 26 and thus the press chamber 24. The cylindrical press section 16a is further configured to radially inwardly form the proximal end of the cutting ring 32 during radial compression of the press sleeve 26, and the proximal press section 16c is configured to radially inwardly form the sealing ring 28 during radial compression of the press sleeve 26.

[0037] As can be seen from FIG. 1, the distal outer edge 32d of the cutting ring 32 abuts the inner edge 24a of the press chamber 24 and the cylindrical portion 32a of the cutting ring 32 abuts the cylindrical portion 24b of the press chamber 24. The position of the inner edge 24a is thereby distally outside the edge between the cylindrical press section 16a and the conical distal press section 16b shown by means of the dashed line. Therefore, the distal outer edge 32d of the cutting ring 32 is deformed further radially inwards than the proximal end of the cutting ring 32 by the press section 16a due to the conical shape of the press section 16b.

[0038] FIG. 1 shows the state of the press-fitting system 2 before pressing and FIG. 2 shows the state of the press-fitting system 2 and in particular of the fitting 20 after pressing with the pipe 4.

[0039] In the radially compressed state of the press sleeve 26, the cutting ring 32 and the sealing ring 28 as well as the separating ring 36 are deformed radially inwards and the cutting elements 32b and 32c have partially penetrated the tube 4 in the region of the cutting edge. Due to the conically formed press section 16b and the cylindrical press section 16a, in the radially pressed state of the press sleeve 26, the distal end of the cutting ring 32 is deformed inwards to a radius smaller than the radius of the proximal end of the cutting ring 32. As a result, the distal cutting elements 32b have penetrated deeper into the tube 4 than the proximal cutting elements 32.

[0040] In FIG. 2, the penetration depths t.sub.1 and t.sub.2 of the cutting elements 32b and 32c are drawn, and it applies that t.sub.1 is greater than t.sub.2. The asymmetrical radial deformation is also evident from the angle between the cylindrical section 32a of the cutting ring 32 and the cylindrical section 24b of the press chamber 24.

[0041] In addition, due to the design of the cutting elements 32b and 32c, it contributes to the improved holding force in the pull-out direction, to the right in FIGS. 1 and 2. The side of the cutting element 32b with the steep cutting edge directed against the pull-out direction contributes more to the holding force of the joint than the oblique cutting edge of the cutting element 32. Due to the tilting of the cutting ring 32 during pressing and the fact that the steep surface has a small angle to the vertical, there is an additional small force component that pulls the cutting ring 32 towards the tube 4. Additionally, slippage of the cutting ring 32 has become less likely because the sloping cutting edge of the cutting element 32c is more prone to lifting material from the tube 4, similar to a plough, as a result of the tilting angle of the cutting ring 32.

[0042] Overall, this provides a strengthened non-detachable connection between the fitting 20 and the pipe 4, as the cutting elements 32b act against the direction of extraction of the pipe 4 from the fitting 20 and penetrate deeper into the pipe 4 than in the prior art.

[0043] This becomes clear when comparing the previously described embodiment example of the press-fit connection system 2 according to FIG. 1 with the pressed fitting 20 according to FIG. 2 with the press-fit connection system 2 known from the prior art and shown in FIGS. 6 and 7.

[0044] The fitting 20 with its elements is identical to the embodiment example according to FIGS. 1 to 5. However, the press jaw 6 has a press contour 16 with only one cylindrical press section 16a, which altogether radially inwardly deforms the press sleeve 26 and thereby the sealing ring 28, the separating ring 28 and the cutting ring 32 in the same manner. Therefore, the cutting elements 32b and the cutting elements 32c have penetrated the material of the tube 4 to essentially the same depth. This is made clear by the penetration depths t.sub.1 and t.sub.2 of the cutting elements 32b and 32c shown in FIG. 7, which are of the same size.