Tube joint
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United States of America Patent
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Mar 20, 2001
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N/A
app pub date -
Sep 9, 1999
filing date -
Aug 3, 1999
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Expired
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Abstract
A tube joint comprises: a pushing ring provided at its outer periphery with a projection and fitted to an outer periphery of one end of a joint tube; a tube or a joint body provided at is side opposed to the pushing ring with a projection opposed to the projection of the pushing ring, the tube or the joint body having a receiving portion which is widened toward the pushing ring and the tube or the joint body being fitted to an outer periphery of the joint tube with a peripheral gap left therebetween; a fastening tool capable of moving the pushing ring in a direction of the tube or the joint body; a packing provided between inner and outer side of the tube or the joint body and the joint tube, and fitted through the receiving portion by its own resilient deformation by operation of the fastening tool; and a spacer inserted between the pushing ring and the tube or the joint body to limit a distance between the pushing ring and the tube or the joint body to a constant value.
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