JP2020003003A - Saddle band - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a saddle band having high degree of freedom in a mounting process to a mounting work place, and having high workability in piping.SOLUTION: In a saddle band 1 which has a base portion 2 mounted on a mounting surface by using a mounting hole 22, and a holding portion 3 having a band portion 31 holding piping P, and in which the base portion and the holding portion have detachable separate constitutions, the base portion is provided with a dovetail groove 21 having an opening groove on its top face portion, and having an opening end portion communicated from an edge of the top face portion to a side face portion, a lower face portion of the holding portion is provided with an engagement portion 32 engaged with the dovetail groove from a side direction of the base portion and having truncated cone shape or anvil shape rotatable in a horizontal direction in the dovetail groove, further the holding portion is provided with a cutting line portion or a gap portion penetrated from a lower position of an inner peripheral face of the band portion to an engagement portion lower face of the lower face portion of the holding portion, and the piping can be inserted and held in the band portion from an opening portion formed by expanding and opening the cutting line portion or the gap portion by utilizing elastic deformation of the band portion.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a saddle band, and more particularly to a saddle band for supporting and fixing a pipe along a mounting surface such as a ceiling surface, a wall surface, and a floor surface.

  2. Description of the Related Art A saddle band is known as a pipe support for supporting and fixing pipes such as a gas pipe, a water supply pipe, and a hot water supply pipe along a mounting surface such as a ceiling surface, a wall surface, or a floor surface in facility construction of a building or the like. As for the saddle band, a double holding type that is fixed on both sides in the direction perpendicular to the piping axis is called a double saddle, and a single holding type that is fixed on one side is called a single saddle.

  The one-sided saddle is configured to hold the pipe in the holding portion from the lower opening portion of the generally inverted U-shaped holding portion, and then connected from one end of the holding portion to extend along the mounting surface. In this configuration, the pipe is supported and fixed by fixing the fixed end to the mounting surface with a fixing member such as a bolt.

  The one-sided saddle can easily support and fix the piping on the mounting surface with a very simple configuration, but in the supported and fixed state, the open portion below the holding part is closed by the mounting surface, so the state where it is supported and fixed on the mounting surface It is difficult to install and remove pipes. In order to attach / detach the pipe, one saddle must be removed from the mounting surface so that the lower part of the holding portion is opened.

  Therefore, the band portion of the holding portion is formed in a substantially C-shape, and the one-side saddle is mounted on the mounting surface by expanding the open portion on the side of the C-shape using the elastic deformation of the substantially C-shaped band portion. There has been proposed a technique which enables high piping workability in which piping can be attached and detached in a state where the piping is attached (see Patent Document 1).

JP-A-2017-089750

  In the technique of Patent Document 1, since the mounting hole provided in the mounting portion connected to the holding portion separately from the holding portion holding the pipe is located below the center of the pipe shaft, the mounting to the mounting surface is performed. There are restrictions on directions. Therefore, the saddle band depends on the construction environment, such as when the construction place for supporting and fixing the pipe is already located close to other pipes, or in a narrow place where it is difficult to secure the position of the mounting hole for bolt fixing. There is a problem that there is a case where there is a restriction in the mounting of the.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a saddle band that has a high degree of freedom in a mounting process with respect to a mounting work site and has high workability during piping.
Other objects of the present invention will be apparent from the following description.

  The present invention for solving the above problems has the following configuration.

1. It has a base portion attached to the mounting surface using the mounting hole, and a holding portion having a band portion for holding the piping, wherein the base portion and the holding portion are detachable. A saddle band that is
The base portion has a dovetail groove having an open groove on the upper surface and having an open end communicating with the side surface from the edge of the upper surface,
On the lower surface of the holding portion, an engaging portion having a truncated cone shape or an incus shape that is capable of engaging with the dovetail groove from the side surface direction of the base portion and rotating horizontally in the dovetail groove is provided. Formed,
Further, the holding portion is formed with a cut portion or a gap portion penetrating from a position below the inner peripheral surface of the band portion to a lower surface of the engaging portion of the lower portion of the holding portion, and utilizes elastic deformation of the band portion. A configuration in which the pipe can be inserted into the band portion and held from the opening portion generated by expanding and opening the cut portion or the gap portion,
Saddle band characterized by.

2. The saddle band according to claim 1, wherein two dovetail grooves are formed, and the two dovetail grooves intersect when the base portion is viewed from above.

3. 3. The saddle band according to the above item 1 or 2, further comprising a fixed holding portion for fixing and holding the dove tenon engaged with the dovetail groove at an arbitrary position.

4. The saddle band according to the above item 3, wherein the fixed holding portion is provided on an inner peripheral surface of the dovetail groove and / or an outer peripheral surface of the engaging portion.

5. 5. The saddle band according to the above item 3 or 4, wherein the fixed holding portion has a configuration including a convex portion or a concave portion or a combination of a convex portion and a concave portion.

6. The saddle band according to any one of the above items 1 to 5, wherein the open end of the dovetail groove is provided only at one end of the dovetail groove.

7. The saddle band as described in any one of the above items 1 to 5, wherein an opening end of the dovetail groove is provided at both ends of the dovetail groove.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a saddle band having a high degree of freedom in a mounting process with respect to a mounting work site and having high workability during piping.

In particular, since the base portion attached to the mounting surface and the holding portion for holding the piping are separate structures, only the base portion is mounted on the mounting surface, and the holding portion holds the piping in advance. The holding portion may be attached to the base portion together with the held pipe, or the holding portion may be attached to the base portion with the holding portion holding the pipe, and then the base portion may be attached to the mounting surface. Since the versatility of the mounting work process is high, various mounting processes can be adopted according to the situation of the mounting work place.
In particular, by attaching the holding portion to the base portion, the cut or gap of the band portion, which becomes an open portion when the pipe is inserted into the holding portion, is closed, so that the piping from the holding portion is closed. There is no dropout and it can be held securely.
Furthermore, since the engaging portion of the holding portion that engages with the dovetail groove of the base portion has a truncated cone shape or an incusoid shape, it can be rotated in the horizontal direction while being engaged with the dovetail groove. The holding portion attached to the portion can be rotated to a desired horizontal position in the attached state. Therefore, it is possible to cope with a 360-degree mounting direction according to the situation of the mounting site.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, since two dovetail grooves for engaging the engaging portion of the holding portion are provided in the base portion, the holding portion is held in accordance with the mounting direction of the base portion to the mounting surface. Since the holding direction of the part can be changed, it is possible to cope with various mounting directions according to the situation of the mounting site.

  According to the invention as set forth in claim 3 or 4, the holding portion can be easily fixed to the base portion.

  According to the invention as set forth in claim 5, it is possible to extremely easily fix the position of the holding portion to the base portion only by providing the dovetail groove or the engaging portion with the convex portion or the concave portion.

  According to the invention as set forth in claim 6, the fixing position of the engaging portion engaged with the dovetail groove is set at the innermost portion of the dovetail groove, so that the fixing position can be easily determined.

  According to the invention as set forth in claim 7, in addition to the engaging direction of the holding portion with respect to the base portion, the holding portion can be mounted from both directions of the position facing the base portion. It is possible to cope with various mounting directions and engaging directions depending on the situation.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a dispersion showing an embodiment of a saddle band according to the present invention. 4 views (front view, plan view, left side view, bottom view) showing the holding portion of the saddle band shown in FIG. 1 5 views (front view, plan view, left side view, bottom view, cross-sectional view taken along line AA) showing the base portion of the saddle band shown in FIG. Plan view showing another embodiment of the base portion Plan view showing still another embodiment of the base portion Plan view showing still another embodiment of the base portion Main part sectional view explaining an example of a fixed holding part Main part sectional view explaining other examples of fixed holding parts Main part front view showing another example of a dovetail groove and an engagement portion

  Next, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  The saddle band according to the present invention supports and fixes pipes such as gas pipes, water supply pipes, and hot water pipes along installation surfaces such as a ceiling surface, a wall surface, and a floor surface in facility construction of a building or the like. It is a double holding type (double saddle) that is fixed on both sides in the orthogonal direction.

  As various pipes to be fixedly supported, synthetic resin pipes (polyethylene pipes, cross-linked polyethylene pipes, polybutene pipes, polyvinyl chloride pipes, propylene pipes, ABS pipes) which have recently been widely used in place of conventional steel pipes have been used. The present invention is particularly effective for the fixed support of the present invention. Although the present invention is particularly effective for fixing and supporting a synthetic resin pipe, it is also possible to fix and support a conventional steel pipe, and does not exclude a steel pipe or other pipes as a pipe for fixing and supporting.

As a specific configuration of the saddle band of the present invention, according to the embodiment shown in FIGS.
It has a base part 2 attached to a mounting surface using a mounting hole 22 and a holding part 3 having a band part 31 for holding the pipe P. The base part 2 and the holding part 3 Is a saddle band 1 which is a detachable separate structure,
The base portion 2 is formed with a dovetail groove 21 having an open groove on the upper surface and having an open end communicating from the edge of the upper surface to the side surface,
The lower surface of the holding portion 3 has an engagement portion having a truncated conical shape that can engage with the dovetail groove 21 from the side direction of the base portion 2 and can rotate in the dovetail groove 21 horizontally. 32 are formed,
Further, the holding portion 3 is formed with a cut portion or a gap portion 5 penetrating from a position below the inner peripheral surface of the band portion 31 to the lower surface of the engaging portion 32 on the lower surface portion of the holding portion 3. A configuration in which the pipe P can be inserted into the band portion 31 and held by an open portion generated by expanding and opening the cut portion or the gap portion 5 using the elastic deformation of
Is the main configuration.

  Hereinafter, the configuration of the present invention will be described in more detail.

  As the saddle band 1 of the present invention, a known synthetic resin having flexibility used for this kind of saddle band can be used without any particular limitation, and is preferably polypropylene or ABS resin.

A mounting hole 22 through which a fixing member such as a bolt for mounting and fixing the base 2 to the mounting surface is formed is formed in a fixed end portion 23 provided continuously to the side of the base 2. In the present embodiment, the fixed end portions 23 are continuously provided on both sides in the pipe axis direction of the base portion 2, but are not limited to both sides, and may be either one side or one side in the pipe axis orthogonal direction or It may be provided continuously on both sides.

  The band portion 31 of the holding portion 3 press-fits the pipe P from below by opening a gap or gap 5 extending from a position below the inner peripheral surface to a lower surface of the engaging portion 32 on the lower surface of the holding portion 2. Thus, it can be held and supported. The gap of the band portion 31 or the interval of the gap portion 5 may be any interval that allows the pipe P to be press-fitted when the gap or the gap portion 5 is expanded by elastic deformation. After holding and supporting the pipe P, the opening due to the cut or the gap 5 is closed by attaching the holding section 3 to the base 2, so that the pipe P is vibrated by a water hammer phenomenon or the like. Even if it does, it will not fall out of the opening.

  As a detachable mounting structure between the base 2 and the holding section 3, as described above, the engaging section 32 provided on the holding section 3 is engaged with the dovetail groove 21 provided on the base 2. It is attached by doing. The engagement between the dovetail groove 21 and the engaging portion 32 in the present invention may be a structure in which the dovetail groove 21 and the engaging portion 32 are tightly engaged in a press-fitted state, or may be a structure in which the dovetail groove 21 and the engaging portion 32 are engaged in a sliding state that can be pushed by a finger or the like. Is also good. In the case of a configuration that engages in a sliding state, it is fixed by a fastening means such as adhesion or adhesion or a binding band or the like so as not to be disengaged or displaced by vibration due to a water hammer phenomenon or the like. It is also preferable to fix by tightening. In order to separate the base portion 2 and the holding portion 3 from each other, it is preferable to use a jig such as a flathead screwdriver or the like, especially when the base portion 2 and the holding portion 3 are closely engaged by press-fitting. It is preferable that a concave portion into which the tip of the jig can be inserted is formed in one or both of the boundary portions between the holding portion 3 and the holding portion 3.

In the saddle band 1 of the present invention having the base portion 2 and the holding portion 3 having the above configuration, the base portion 2 attached to the mounting surface and the holding portion 3 holding the pipe P are separate bodies. Because of this configuration, after the pipe P is held by the band portion 31 of the holding portion 3 in advance, the holding portion is mounted on the base portion 2 and then the base portion 2 is mounted on the mounting surface, or Only the base 2 is attached to the mounting surface, and the holding section 3 holds the pipe P in advance, and then the holding section 3 is attached to the base 2 together with the held pipe P, and the versatility of the mounting operation process is improved. Since it is high, various mounting processes can be adopted according to the situation of the mounting site.
In addition, when the holding unit 3 is mounted on the base unit 2, the mounting is not limited to the mounting in the direction of the arrow X in FIG. Even if the installation from the arrow X side is difficult or impossible, as in the case where the device is already installed, it can be installed from the direction opposite to the arrow X direction.

  The embodiments of the saddle band according to the present invention have been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described configuration, and various modes can be adopted within the scope of the present invention.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 4, two dovetail grooves 21 are formed, and the engagement direction of the two dovetail grooves 21 may intersect when the base 2 is viewed from above. . According to such a configuration, the dovetail grooves 21 for engaging the engaging portion 32 of the holding portion 3 are provided in the base portion 2, so that the mounting direction of the base portion 2 to the mounting surface is Since the holding direction of the holding portion 3 can be changed at the same time, it is possible to cope with various mounting directions according to the situation of the mounting work site.

  The dovetail groove 21 of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 has a configuration in which the open ends are provided at both ends of the dovetail groove 21, that is, the dovetail groove 21 extends over the entire width of the base 2. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration, and the open end of the dovetail groove 21 is provided only at one end of the dovetail groove 21 as shown in FIG. It can also be configured. According to this configuration, the mounting direction of the holding portion 3 with respect to the base portion 2 is limited to only one direction, but the fixing position of the engaging portion 32 engaged with the dovetail groove 21 is set at the innermost position of the dovetail groove 21. The fixing position can be easily determined by setting the section.

  6, two dovetail grooves 21 are formed, and the engagement directions of the two dovetail grooves 21 intersect when the base 2 is viewed from above. In addition, the configuration may be such that the open end of each dovetail 21 is provided only at one end of each dovetail 21. According to such a configuration, the holding direction of the holding portion 3 can be changed in accordance with the mounting direction of the base portion 2 to the mounting surface, so that the mounting portion can cope with various mounting directions depending on the situation of the installation place. Although the mounting direction of the holding portion 3 with respect to the base portion 2 is limited to only one direction, the fixing position of the engaging portion 32 engaged with the dovetail groove 21 is set at the innermost portion of the dovetail groove 21. The fixed position can be easily determined by setting.

  Further, as shown in an embodiment shown in FIG. 7, a configuration may be adopted in which the fixed holding portion 4 for fixing and holding the engaging portion 32 engaged with the dovetail groove 21 at an arbitrary position is provided. The fixed holding portion 4 has a configuration in which a protrusion serving as a slope-shaped step is provided on a part of the inner peripheral surface of the dovetail groove 21, and the engagement portion 32 rides over the protrusion serving as the step, thereby preventing backward movement. is there. According to such a configuration, unlike the configuration in which the engagement between the dovetail groove 21 and the engagement portion 32 is tightly engaged in a press-fitted state and coupled with each other, the base is also formed by sliding with a finger or the like to engage. Since the position of the holding portion 3 can be fixed to the base portion 2, workability is improved. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, by providing the fixed holding portions 4 at two locations, the position of the engaging portion 32 can be fixed between the two fixed holding portions 4. Note that the fixed holding portion 4 has a configuration in which a concave portion is formed in the dovetail groove 21 instead of the convex portion serving as a step, and the lower end portion of the engaging portion 32 is dropped and fixed in the concave portion. You can also.

  Note that the fixed holding portion 4 is not limited to the configuration provided in the dovetail groove 21 shown in FIG. In the mode shown in FIG. 8, the fixing portion 4 has a configuration including a combination of a concave portion and a convex portion that engages with the concave portion. I have. The dovetail groove 21 may have a convex portion, and the engaging portion 32 may have a concave portion.

  The fixed holding part 4 may be any structure that can hold the fixing position of the holding part 3 attached to the base part 2, and the formation position is a position where the base part 2 and the holding part 3 are in contact with each other. And more preferably on the inner peripheral surface of the dovetail groove 21 and / or the outer peripheral surface of the engaging portion 32.

  The cross-sectional shape of the dovetail groove 21 in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 is a dovetail shape (trapezoid), and the engaging portion 32 can be engaged with the dovetail shape (trapezoid) and can rotate in the horizontal direction. The cross-sectional shape of the dovetail groove 21 is convex as shown in FIG. 9, and the engaging portion 32 is engageable with the convex shape and rotatable in the horizontal direction as shown in FIG. It may be a kinuta shape having a simple cross-sectional shape. The `` kinuta shape '' defined in the present invention is a kind of a tool of a hammer that hits a cloth washed in an age without an iron, and its shape is a small-diameter cylinder serving as a handle and a trapezoidal cylinder serving as a hitting portion. It has a shape connected in the axial direction.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Saddle band 2 Base part 21 Dovetail groove 22 Mounting hole 23 Fixed end part 3 Holding part 31 Band part 32 Engaging part 4 Fixed holding part 5 Cut part or gap part P Piping

Claims (7)

A base unit attached to the attachment surface using the attachment hole, and a holding unit having a band unit for holding the piping, wherein the base unit and the holding unit are detachable. A saddle band that is
The base portion has a dovetail groove having an open groove on the upper surface and having an open end communicating with the side surface from the edge of the upper surface,
On the lower surface of the holding portion, an engaging portion having a truncated cone shape or an incus shape that is capable of engaging with the dovetail groove from the side surface direction of the base portion and rotating horizontally in the dovetail groove is provided. Formed,
Further, the holding portion is formed with a cut portion or a gap portion penetrating from a position below the inner peripheral surface of the band portion to a lower surface of the engaging portion of the lower portion of the holding portion, and utilizes elastic deformation of the band portion. A configuration in which the pipe can be inserted into the band portion and held from the opening portion generated by expanding and opening the cut portion or the gap portion,
Saddle band characterized by. 2. The saddle band according to claim 1, wherein two dovetail grooves are formed, and the engagement directions of the two dovetail grooves intersect when the base is viewed from above. 3. 3. The saddle band according to claim 1, further comprising a fixed holding portion that fixes and holds the engaging portion engaged with the dovetail groove at an arbitrary position. The saddle band according to claim 3, wherein the fixed holding portion is provided on an inner peripheral surface of the dovetail groove and / or an outer peripheral surface of the engaging portion. 5. The saddle band according to claim 3, wherein the fixed holding portion has a configuration including a convex portion or a concave portion, or a combination of a convex portion and a concave portion. 6. The saddle band according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein an opening end of the dovetail groove is provided only at one end of the dovetail groove. The saddle band according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein an opening end of the dovetail groove is provided at both ends of the dovetail groove.