Pipes and tubular conduits – Combined – With hose protector
Reexamination Certificate
2000-05-24
2001-10-23
Brinson, Patrick (Department: 3752)
Pipes and tubular conduits
Combined
With hose protector
C138S106000, C138S108000, C138S112000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06305425
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
The invention concerns a pipe leadthrough, in particular for supply and disposal lines of any diameter that are laid in the ground and pass through openings drilled in walls of houses.
In the case of the conventional type of pipe leadthrough through a drilled opening, for example through the masonry of a wall of a house, these openings are closed with mortar to seal them against moisture penetrating from outside. It being difficult for the mortar to be introduced over the entire length of the opening around a pipe led through the wall, so that, in just the same way as the different thermal expansions of the materials involved or the smooth surface of PVC pipes, this may have the result that gaps remain horizontally along a pipe or hairline cracks may occur, allowing moisture to get inside the house.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is accordingly an object of the invention to provide a pipe leadthrough that overcomes the above-mentioned disadvantages of the prior art devices of this general type, which can be fitted in a simple and functionally reliable manner and which ensures complete sealing against penetrating moisture on a permanent basis.
With the foregoing and other objects in view there is provided, in accordance with the invention, a pipe leadthrough, including:
a pipe sleeve having a hollow-cylindrical portion and a plate-shaped portion adjoining the hollow-cylinder portion, the hollow-cylindrical portion having an internal diameter equal to or greater than an external diameter of a pipe;
at least one hollow body having a destructible covering disposed on the hollow-cylindrical portion; and
a sealant filling the hollow body.
The fact that the pipe leadthrough contains the pipe sleeve having a hollow-cylindrical portion which extends into a drilled opening and an internal diameter which is identical to or slightly greater than the external diameter of the pipe led through the wall and the fact that there is attached to the hollow-cylindrical portion a plate-shaped portion on which there is disposed at least one hollow body with the destructible covering in which the sealant is located allow a permanently impermeable seal to be produced by pushing the pipe sleeve on from the outside against a cellar wall. This results in the hollow body being destroyed and the sealant is released and distributed uniformly in axial and radial gaps between the wall and the pipe sleeve by repeated turning of the pipe sleeve through 360°.
It is also advantageous that, in addition to the horizontal sealing plane, a vertical sealing plane is produced between the plate-shaped portion and the exterior wall. The plate-shaped portion is additionally pressed from the outside against the exterior wall when earth is filled in, so that on the one hand the seal is advantageously subjected to mechanical compressive loading and on the other hand a possible gap is reduced or completely closed by the axial pressure of the earth masses acting on the plate. Additional sealing with conventional materials, for example a bituminous or seal coating, achieves further increased reliability against the penetration of moisture.
What is especially advantageous about the inventive pipe leadthrough is the simple way in which it is handled. By simply pushing the pipe sleeve, provided with the hollow body filled with the sealant, onto a pipe protruding from a wall, the sealing is produced by destroying the hollow body containing the sealant, and turning the pipe sleeve and thereby distributing the sealant. The pipe leadthrough additionally proves to be particularly stable, since the forces acting in the installed state contribute in an advantageous way to the strengthening of the connection. The pipe sleeve may be formed from a refractory or fire-retardant material.
The inventive pipe leadthrough may also be configured in such a way that it is divided along an axial central longitudinal plane, so that it can also be retrofitted in the case of already existing pipe connections. The individual parts of the pipe leadthrough are then preferably configured in such a way that they can be connected to one another by clipping into one another. The dividing plane may have smooth or pronged abutting edges.
According to a particularly preferred embodiment of the invention, the hollow body is configured in the form of a tube and extends completely around the hollow-cylindrical portion, so that, when the hollow body is destroyed, it is ensured that the sealant goes over the entire circumference of the hollow-cylindrical portion and also partly into the region of the radial contact area between the plate-shaped portion and the exterior wall.
A further improved variant of the inventive subject matter has a two-component sealant, for example containing a basic composition and a hardener, in two separate hollow bodies, so that it is ensured that the sealant does not cure prematurely. Full distribution, and mixing if appropriate, of the sealant is ensured after pressing the pipe sleeve against the exterior wall by repeated turning through 360°. To ensure that the sealant does not come out just at one point of the hollow body, it is also possible for a plurality of hollow bodies to be disposed over the circumference of the hollow-cylindrical portion, so that distribution of the sealant over the full surface area can be ensured from the outset.
The sealant preferably contains a curing single-component or multi-component resin, so that a solid adhesive bond can be produced between the pipe sleeve and the inner wall of the drilled opening and the exterior wall. The individual components, for example a basic composition and a hardener, may be kept in different hollow bodies, so that they can react with one another in any desired form, and the resin cures, only after the hollow bodies have been destroyed.
In the case of a most particularly preferred embodiment of the invention, the hollow-cylindrical portion has additional apertures, through which the sealant can reach the surface of the pipe and also provide a seal there, so that altogether 100% impermeability of the pipe leadthrough is achieved.
To prevent the sealant from escaping into the free space between the pipe and the wall, the region at the end face of the hollow-cylindrical portion of the pipe sleeve is provided with a resilient lug which runs radially around it and can come to bear elastically against the inner surface of the wall opening. For additional mechanical fixing of the pipe sleeve in a wall, the lug has detents supported there.
For better handling of the pipe leadthrough, axially projecting lugs are formed onto the pipe sleeve, serve as handling aids and make it possible for the pipe sleeve to be turned unproblematically on the pipe in the direction of the exterior wall. Another advantageous embodiment has for this purpose tool-engaging locations made in the plate-shaped portion.
In the case of a further, highly refractory embodiment of the invention, a ring of concrete or some other fire-retardant material, such as foam glass for example, is fitted onto the pipe sleeve, which ring has ear pockets for the lugs of the pipe sleeve and outwardly protruding loops or recessed grips, with which the pipe sleeve together with the ring can be turned. The ring may also be of a divided configuration for retrofitting of the refractory embodiment. The lugs of the pipe sleeve may in this case serve at the same time for centering and for holding together the individual parts of the ring. After fitting, the remaining voids are filled with mortar, in particular fireclay mortar.
The hollow body filled with the sealant preferably consists of thin glass, which breaks all around when the pipe sleeve is subjected to compressive loading and releases the sealant simultaneously over the entire circumference. It is also conceivable to use a hollow body with a thin plastic skin, it having to be ensured however that the sealant cannot come out just at one point. This can be achieved by the configuration of a plurality of part-volumes disposed radially
Brinson Patrick
Greenberg Laurence A.
Lerner Herbert L.
Stemer Werner H.
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