WO1987005251A1

WO1987005251A1 - A plug

Info

Publication number: WO1987005251A1
Application number: PCT/NL1987/000005
Authority: WO
Inventors: Jacob Woudsma
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1986-03-03
Filing date: 1987-02-23
Publication date: 1987-09-11
Anticipated expiration: 1988-09-03
Also published as: JPH01502099A; AU7743987A; EP0295258B1; EP0295258A1; US5052333A; ATE66398T1; AU611641B2; DE3772384D1; NL8600528A

Abstract

A plug of deformable material such as wood or plastic, for tightly sealing a cylindrical recess provided in wood, in which recess a crushable ampulla with a wood attack combating agent can be accommodated, said ampulla being attachable in a cavity of said plug by means of spring lugs, said plug being provided with a conical drive-in surface, and at least one deformable sealing clamping means being provided on said plug; the plug, at the end facing away from the drive-in end, containing a separate clamping sealing means for engaging the inner circumference of the recess, the outer radial dimensions of the sealing means and of the plug being such that complete sealing is acquired and maintained without damaging the wood after the plug has been driven-in into the recess, even in the event of high pressure-build-up in said recess.

Description

A plug

The invention has reference to a plug of deformable material such as wood or plastic, for tightly sealing a cylindrical recess provided in wood, in which recess a crushable ampulla with a wood attack combating agent can be accommodated, said ampuila being attachable in a cavity of said plug by means of spring lugs, said plug being provided with a conical drive-in surface, and at least one deformable sealing clamping means being provided on said plug.

Such a plug is generally known. In the known plug, which is usually provided with an edge, the upper side of the plug will generally not be perpendicular to the surface of the wood when the recess is being drilled and will therefore not flush with said surface. As a result extra expenses will have to be incurred for smooth burnishing as a preliminary operation before repainting. The eccentric location of the plug edge brings about a sealing that is not quite so good. In consequence of this, when applying liquid wood preservatives which are applied under pressure, the wood preservative may escape along the plug and come into contact with the paint, which may lead to discolouration, yellowing, soaking off or peeling off of the paint. Application to damp wood, in particular, causes the plug to become visible when the wood is drying. The sealing may not suffice when the wood is affected even slightly. If the plug is not hingeably connected to the ampulla, the ampulla may break too soon, before sealing has taken place. The use of plugs with too large a diameter will cause the wood, especially dry wood, to split. When using sawtooth-shaped ribs or clamping means, of which the sloping surface forms an angle larger than 45 with the horizontal, the wood is deformed and damaged, as a result of which this may serve as a guide-way for the wood preservative liquid and leakage may occur.

It is the object of the invention to remove the above-described objections and to that end the invention is characterized in that the plug, at the end facing away from the drive-in end, contains a separate clamping sealing means for engaging the inner circumference of the recess, the outer radial dimensions of the sealing means and of the plug being such that complete sealing is acquired and maintained without damaging the wood after the plug has been driven-in into the recess, even in the event of high pressure- build-up in said recess.

In several embodiments of the present device the plug can move as a kind of hinge, by which the plug always flushes with the surface of the wood without drilling, perpendicular to said wood surface, having to take place. Two spring, sawtooth-shaped clamping means with different diameters, of which the sloping surface forms an angle smaller than or equal to 45 with the horizontal, are applied, said spring clamping means deforming when they are driven-in into the wood, as a result of which warping of the plug is prevented. When applying a clamping jacket good sealing is obtained before the ampulla is crushed anci its contents are released. The use of a clamping jacket with or without a cap, and provided with a tapered drive-in surface, serves for a seal between the transition of two recesses with different diameters. An O-ring, which is arranged in a circumferential groove of the plug, is used for sealing in hard types of wood and for wood weakened by attack. By slightly countersinking the plug with ampulla or an impregnated plug, the finishing operation can take place by means of a round wooden disk that can follow the surface of the wood, thus preventing the plugs from becoming visible. The difference between the outer diameter of the plug and the inner diameter of one of the drilled holes is 1 mm at the most. If this difference in diameter should be larger than 1mm, then cracks will appear in the wood and premature glass-breakage will occur when driving-in takes place. The same type of disk is applied to each type of wood, so that, especially when using transparant paint, which causes the structure of the wood to remain visible, an esthetic finish is the result. For the cap laminated wood is preferably used. The plug may also be made of laminated wood. The O-ring, mentioned above, is preferably located at the end of the plug facing away from the drive-in end of said plug, because, after the ampulla has been crushed, the seal still has to move when driving-in has taken place, in connection with the proper crushing of the glass ampulla.

By applying the present invention a number of seals, placed one after the other, are obtained in the direction of the surface of the wood, which seals, when applying mutually different materials for plug and clamping jacket with or without a cap, bring about a permanent complete seal and maintain it without the wood around the recess being damaged. Such damage (splits, chip formation in the wall of the recess) would result in leakage of the wood attack combating agent.

It is finally remarked that the applied synthetic material may be reinforced with glass in order to avoid stripping-up of the outer wall of the clamping jacket. At the open end of the drilled hole the inner wall of the drilled hole may be provided with a layer of primer or the like before the plug is driven-in, through which a gas tight high pressure seal is obtained, in particular. Furthermore, the outer diameter of the wooden plug should be equal to the outer diameter of the drive-in end of a cap which, at that end, has an outer diameter which is smaller than that of the opposite end of the cap.

The invention will be elucidated further with the aid of the drawing. Figures 1 through 9 each show half an axial section and a semi-view of the various embodiments according to the invention.

Figure 10 shows half an axial section and a semi-view of a plug that is provided with lugs for attaching an ampulla in the cavity of the plug.

Figure 11 shows a cross section of the plug of figure 10, viewed along the arrows XI - XI.

The plug 1 according to figure 1 contains a plurality of sawtooth-shaped clamping means 2 having various radial dimensions, a guiding edge 3 being provided at one side of said clamping means and an O-ring 5 being provided in a circumferential groove 5 at the other side. At the end facing away from the drive-in end the plug is provided with a central pin 6 which has a bevelled edge 7 at its end. The pin 6 fits in a cavity 8 of a cylindrical wooden disk 9 which, on account of its bevel, can pivot around the pin 6 so that, when the drilled recess 10 in the wood is not perpendicular to the surface of the wood, the disk is able to adjust itself to a slight degree so that it flushes with the surface of the wood. The plug is furthermore provided with a cavity 11 for accommodating and attaching an ampulla by means of spring lugs 13 (vide figure 11) .

In figure 2 the recess 10 has a broadened portion 12 in which the girder of the T-shaped axial section of the plug 1 is accommodated. A cylindrical disk 14 makes provision for the end sealing of the the recess and is also accommodated in the broadened portion. The plug may be made of wood or synthetic material. The cylindrical disk is preferably made of structure wood.

Figure 3 shows a plug which is made of wood and which contains a circumferential groove 5 for accommodating an O-ring 4. The sealing means 15, embodied in the wooden disk, form the end sealing of which structure, colour and the like are adapted to that of the surface of the wood.

In figure 4 the plug 1 also has a T-shaped axial section. In the broadened portion 12 a clamping jacket 16 is provided which has a tapered inner wall portion 17 at the inner circumference of its drive-in end in order to form a space that is filled with wood when the clamping jacket is driven-in, after which the plug 1 is driven-in. The clamping jacket engages an O-ring accommodated in a circumferential groove 5.

Figure 5 shows a plug that is provided with a cap 18 and a clamping jacket 19 forming part of said cap, on which clamping jacket a plurality of sawtooth-shaped clamping means 2 are provided. The clamping jacket 19 is provided with a tapered drive-in end 20 and is located in the broadened portion 12 of the recess 10. The plug has a bevel at the end for accommodating the cap, so that the cap can hinge with respect to the plug.

In the plug 1 of figure 6 a sawtooth-shaped clamping means 2 is provided on the clamping jacket 21 of the cap 18, as well as an adja bevelled cylindrical collar 22. The clamping jacket 21 is provided with a drive-in end 23. On the drive-in end of the plug a circumferential groove 24 is provided in which an O-ring is located. At the accommodating end of the cap the plug contains a bevel for hingeably accommodating the cap 18.

At the drive-in end the plug 1 of figure 7 contains a plurality of sawtooth-shaped clamping means 2, limited by guiding surfaces 32 and 33. The plug, at its accommodating end for the hingeable cap 18, has a bevel.

The plug 1 according to figure 8 has a T-shaped axial section, the clamping jacket 26 being accommodated in a broadened portion 27 of the recess 10. The inner side of the clamping jacket engages an O-ring 28 provided in a circumferential groove of the plug.

The plug 1 illustrated in figure 9 has a substantially rectangular axial section, the clamping jacket 30 being accommodated in the broadened portion 29 of the recess 10, the inner side of said clamping jacket engaging an O-ring 31 provided in a circumferentia groove of the plug, both the clamping jacket and the plug extending until below the surface of the wood. The space above the plug is filled with a sealing material until the surface of the wood.

It would be preferable to provide resilient (13, figure 11) lugs in the embodiment described above, said lugs extending from the inner wall of the cavity for attachment of the ampulla (not shown) into said cavity and in its longitudinal direction (vide figures 10 and 11) .

The sloping surfaces on the sawtooth-shaped elamping means form an angle, which is smaller than or equal to 45º, with the horizontal

The taper of the drive-in end of a clamping means , for instance as shown in figure 5, no. 20, lies between 90 - 96º with respect to a surface perpendicular to the central axis of the plug. As synthetic material for the clamping jacket and the cap PVC or ABS is used. These materials are well-suited for repainting and they swell when they come into contact with organic and inorganic liquids.

Claims

1. A plug of deformable material such as wood or plastic, for tightly sealing a cylindrical recess provided in wood, in which recess a crushable ampulla with a wood attack combating agent can be accommodated, said ampulla being attachable in a cavity of said plug by means of spring lugs, said plug being provided with a conical drive-in surface, and at least one deformable sealing clamping means being provided on said plug, characterized in that the plug (1), at the end facing away from the drive-in end, contains a separate clamping sealing means for engaging the inner circumference of the recess (10)', the outer radial dimensions of the sealing means and of the plug being such that complete sealing is acquired and maintained without damaging the v/ood after the plug has been driven-in into the recess, even in the event of high pressure- build-up in said recess.

2. A plug according to claim 1, characterized in that the sealing means has the shape of a cylindrical clamping jacket that is provided at the outer circumference side of the plug.

3. A plug according to claim 1 , characterized in that the sealing means has the shape of a cylindrical wooden disc.

4. A plug according to claim 2, characterized in that the clamping jacket is part of a cap that is hinged to an end of the plug, said end being provided with a bevel.

5. A plug according to claims 1 and 3, in which a plurality of sawtooth-shaped clamping means are provided, characterized in that, viewed in the axial direction of the plug, a guide edge is provided on one side of the clamping means and an O-ring is provided in a circumferential groove on its other side, followed by a cylindrical disc having a central cavity to accommodate a central pen, with a bevelled edge, of the plug (figure 1) .

6. A plug according to claim 1 , characterized in that said plug is accommodated in the broadened portion of the recess.

7. A plug according to claims 1, 3 and 6, characterized in that said plug is made of wood and has a T-shaped axial section, the girder of the T and the cylindrical disc being accommodated in the broadened portion of the recess (figure 2).

8. A plug according to claims 1 and 3, characterized in that the plug (1) is made of wood, is cylindrical and has a circumferential groove (5) for accommodating an O-ring (4) (figure 3) .

9. A plug according to claims 1, 2 and 6, characterized in that said plug (1) has a T-shaped axial section, that the clamping jacket (16) has a conical inner wall portion (17) at the inner circumference of its drive-in end, said clamping jacket engaging an O-ring (4) (figure 4) provided in a circumferential groove (5) of said plug.

10. A plug according to claims 1, 4 and 6, in which a plurality of sawtooth-shaped clamping means is provided, characterized in that the clamping means (2) are arranged on the clamping jacket (19), which is provided with a conical drive-in end (20) (figure 5) .

11. A plug according to claims 1, 4 and 6, in which a sawtooth- shaped clamping means is provided, characterized in that the sawtooth- shaped clamping means (21) is arranged on the cap (18) , which is also provided with a cylindrical collar (22) provided with a bevel, said cap having a conical drive-in end, and in that said plug, at its drive- in end, is provided with an O-ring that is accommodated in a circumferential groove (24) (figure 6) .

12. A plug according to claims 1, 4 and 6, in which a plurality of sawtooth-shaped clamping means is provided, characterized in that the clamping means (2) are arranged on the drive-in end of said plug and are limited by guiding surfaces (32 and 33, respectively), said plug, at the end for accommodating the hinged cap, being provided with a bevel (7) (figure 7) .

13. A plug according to claims 1, 2 and 6, characterized in that said plug has a T-shaped axial section, and that the clamping jacket (26) is accommodated in the broadened portion, the inner side of said clamping jacket being connected to an O-ring (28) that is provided in a circumferential groove of said plug (figure 8) .

14. A plug according to claims 1, 2 and 6, characterized in that the clamping means has a substantially rectangular axial section, in that the clamping jacket is accommodated in the broadened portion (29) , the inner side of said clamping jacket being connected to an O-ring accommodated in a circumferential groove of said plug, both the clampin jacket and said plug extending under the surface of the wood (figure 9)

15. A plug according to claims 1, 5, 10, 11 and 12, characterized in that the sawtooth-shaped clamping means have various outer diameters.

16. A plug according to claims 1, 5, 10, 11, 12 and 15, characterized in that each bevelled surface of the sawtooth-shaped clamping means forms an angle, smaller than or equal to 45 , with the horizontal.

17. A plug according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the lugs for attachment of the ampulla in the plug extend from the inner wall of the cavity into said cavity and in longitudinal direction (figure 11) .

18. A plug according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the taper of the drive-in end of a plug with respect to a surface, perpendicular to the central axis of the plug, is 90° - 96°.

19. A plug according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the synthetic material of the clamping jacket and the cap is PVC

20. A plug according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the synthetic material of the clamping jacket and the cap is ABS.

21. A plug according to claims 19 and 20, characterized in that the synthetic material is provided with a glass reinforcement.

22. A plug according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that the difference between the outer diameter of said plug and the inner diameter of the drilled hole or one of the drilled holes is 1 mm.

23. A plug according to one or more of the preceding claims, characterized in that, at the open end of the drilled hole, the inner wall of the latter is provided with a layer of primer or the like.

24. A plug according to claims 10, 11 and 12, characterized in that the outer diameter of the wooden plug is equal to the outer diameter of the drive-in end of a cap having an outer diameter at that end that is smaller than that of the opposite end of the cap (figures 5, 6, 7).

25. A plug according to claim 3, characterized in that the disk is made of laminated wood.