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US 10,731,779 · App. 15/312,764 · Granted Aug 4, 2020

Column-attaching device and ferrule set

Inventors: Hajime Takemoto (Kyoto, JP); Akiko Bamba (Kyoto, JP); Hirokazu Taniuchi (Kyoto, JP); Yoshihiko Ide (Kyoto, JP); Hideyuki Moritani (Kyoto, JP); Ryo Takechi (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
F16L7/02F16L25/06G01N30/6026G01N30/6004G01N2030/025
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Patent No.
US 10,731,779
App. No.
15/312,764
Granted
Aug 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a state in which a ferrule 10 is sandwiched and fixed between a ferrule receiving part 20 and a ferrule pressing part 30 , the ferrule 10 is urged toward the ferrule receiving part 20 side by an urging member 33 . With this structure, without configuring such that the ferrule pressing part is screwed in the ferrule receiving part by rotating several times, the ferrule 10 can be pressed toward the ferrule receiving part 20 side by a sufficient pressing force by the urging force of the urging member 33 . Therefore, the attaching work of the column 2 can be performed more easily.

Claims (15)

1. A system including a column-attaching device and a ferrule set including plural types of ferrules for use in the column-attaching device, the column-attaching device being configured to attach a column to an attachment position, the column-attaching device comprising:

a ferrule configured to be attached to the column by being inserted by the column and swaged at one end part side of the ferrule;

a ferrule receiving part configured to receive the one end part side of the ferrule; and

a ferrule pressing part configured to be attached to the ferrule receiving part and fix the ferrule by pressing the ferrule from the other end part side of the ferrule toward the ferrule receiving part side to sandwich the ferrule between the ferrule pressing part and the ferrule receiving part,

wherein the ferrule pressing part includes an urging member for urging the ferrule toward the ferrule receiving part side,

wherein each ferrule of the ferrule set is provided with a receiving side contact portion to be received by the ferrule receiving part and a pressing side contact portion to be pressed by the ferrule pressing part, and

wherein a distance between the receiving side contact portion and the pressing side contact portion is the same in each ferrule of the ferrule set.

2. The system according to claim 1 ,

wherein each ferrule of the ferrule set is provided with an insertion hole having an inner diameter corresponding to an outer diameter of a column to be inserted and extending along a center axis line and a first conical surface inclined to the center axis line and having the receiving side contact portion, and

wherein an inclination angle of the first conical surface to the center axis line is the same in each ferrule of the ferrule set and a length of the first conical surface in a center axis line direction differs depending on the outer diameter of the column to be inserted in each ferrule of the ferrule set.

3. The system according to claim 2 ,

wherein in each ferrule of the ferrule set, a second conical surface having an inclination angle to the center axis line larger than the inclination angle of the first conical surface is formed at at least a part between the receiving side contact portion and the pressing side contact portion.

4. The system according to claim 1 ,

wherein each ferrule of the ferrule set has an end face configuring the pressing side contact portion, and

wherein a conically-shaped dent is formed at the end face so as to expand to be larger than an outer diameter of a column to be inserted, so that the column is inserted into each ferrule of the ferrule set via the conically-shaped dent.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2017
From: TAKEMOTO, HAJIME; BAMBA, AKIKO; IDE, YOSHIHIKO; MORITANI, HIDEYUKI; TAKECHI, RYO
To: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042634/0675 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170184225A1 · Jun 29, 2017