IP Library Granted Patent US 9,103,479
Granted Patent B2
US 9,103,479 · App. 11/724,036 · Granted Aug 11, 2015

Connecting device for the connection of a pipe socket and a hose

Inventors: Janos Kertesz (Hofheim, DE); Gunter Röder (Hann. Münden, DE); Gerhard Wachter (Büdingen, DE)
Assignee: NORMA GERMANY GMBH
F16L33/22F16L33/28
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Patent No.
US 9,103,479
App. No.
11/724,036
Granted
Aug 11, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connecting device with a pipe socket and a hose made of rubber-like material. The pipe socket and the hose abut in a sealing zone which is encased over at least a part of its length by a hose reinforcement which forms part of a geometric fastening configuration with which the pipe socket and the hose are held together.

Claims (16)

1. A connecting device comprising a pipe nipple and a hose made of an elastic material and having a pre-existing recess on a circumference of the hose, wherein the hose rests against the pipe nipple in a sealing zone which at least over a part of a length thereof is surrounded by a hose reinforcement that forms part of a geometric positive-locking configuration for holding the pipe nipple and the hose together, wherein the hose reinforcement is connected with the hose in a positive-locking manner that does not rely only on friction, wherein the hose reinforcement engages in the sealing zone in the pre-existing recess on the circumference of the hose, and further comprising an elastic ring that engages in a grove in the pipe nipple and a groove in the hose reinforcement so as to hold the hose and the pipe nipple together in an axial direction, wherein the hose reinforcement has a stronger deformation resistance than the hose.

2. The connecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the hose reinforcement has a heat expansion coefficient which is about 60% to 150% of the heat expansion coefficient of the pipe nipple.

3. The connecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the hose reinforcement is directly, adherently connected with the hose.

4. The connecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the hose reinforcement has a fiber inlay or a textile inlay which is embedded in the material of the hose.

5. The connecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the hose reinforcement is formed by a bearing ring which encases the hose at least over a length of the sealing zone.

6. The connecting device according to claim 5 , wherein the hose reinforcement has a locking surface which proceeds essentially vertically to the center axis of the pipe nipple on which a locking element engages for producing a form-fitting connection between the hose reinforcement and the pipe nipple.

7. The connecting device according to claim 6 , wherein the hose reinforcement has a circumferentially extending groove, wherein a wall of the groove forms the locking surface.

8. The connecting device according to claim 6 , wherein the locking surface is comprised of an elastic ring.

9. The connecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the combination of hose and hose reinforcement provide at its end facing the pipe nipple a conical expansion.

10. The connecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the pipe nipple has a circumferential projection which is beveled at its front end facing the hose.

11. The connecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the projection has on its backside facing away from the hose a socket locking plane.

12. The connecting device according to claim 11 , wherein the pipe socket has a boundary jut at a predetermined distance from the backside.

13. A connecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the pipe nipple has a diminution taper at the end thereof which is plugged into the hose.

14. The connecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the hose expands in the area of the sealing zone at its end pushed onto the pipe socket.

15. The connecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the hose has in the sealing zone a sealing lip which cooperates with the pipe socket.

16. A connecting device, comprising: a pipe nipple; and, a hose made of an elastic material and having a pre-existing recess on a circumference of the hose, wherein the pipe nipple and the hose abut each other in a sealing zone which at least over a part of a length thereof surrounded by a hose reinforcement that forms part of a geometric positive-locking configuration for holding the pipe nipple and the hose together, wherein the pipe nipple and the hose are connectable by a simple movement in which the pipe nipple is inserted into the hose, wherein the hose reinforcement is connected with the hose in a positive-locking manner that does not rely only on friction, wherein the hose reinforcement engages in the sealing zone in the pre-existing recess on the circumference of the hose, wherein the hose reinforcement has a stronger deformation resistance than the hose.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 4, 2007
From: RASMUSSEN GMBH
To: NORMA GERMANY GBMH
Reel/Frame 019795/0469 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2007
From: KERTESZ, JANOS; RODER, GUNTER; WACHTER, GERHARD
To: RASMUSSEN GMBH
Reel/Frame 019301/0387 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2006 011 617 · Mar 14, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070216158A1 · Sep 20, 2007