FLEXIBLE PIPE

• Main Authors: OTSUDA YASUHIRO, NAKAMURA MIKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 19.01.2015
• Subjects: BLASTING; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRICITY; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; GENERATION; HEATING; INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINEDOPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; LIGHTING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL; VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR; WEAPONS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a flexible pipe using no fastening member, and to make support members common, the support members supporting both end sides of a flexible pipe, respectively.SOLUTION: A flexible pipe 13 according to the present invention is formed such that a plurality of conductive pipe elements 19 are connected with each other and an electric wire 11 can be inserted therethrough. In each of the pipe elements 19, coupling parts 23 having a cross section in an axial direction expanded into an arc shape are provided at both ends thereof, respectively. Each of the coupling parts is coupled so as to be fitted to the inside or the outside of the coupling part of the pipe elements 19 adjacent each other. Each of the pipe elements is set so that the inner diameter and the outer diameter of the coupling parts 23 on both sides thereof have a same size, respectively. 【課題】締結部材を使用しないフレキシブルパイプを提供こと、及び、フレキシブルパイプの両端側をそれぞれ支持する支持部材の共通化を図ること。【解決手段】本発明に係るフレキシブルパイプ１３は、導電性の複数のパイプ要素１９を互いに連結して電線１１を挿通可能に形成される。パイプ要素１９は、軸方向の断面を円弧状に膨らませた連結部２３が両端にそれぞれ設けられる。各連結部は、隣り合うパイプ要素１９の連結部の内側又は外側に嵌合して連結され、各パイプ要素は、それぞれ両端の連結部２３の内外径の大きさが同じ大きさに設定されること。【選択図】図２