Pipe joint

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9784389
APP PUB NO 20130147183A1
SERIAL NO

13608070

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A pipe joint contains a body having a fluid passage in the interior thereof, a tightening cap screw-engaged with an end of the body for connecting a tube thereto, and an indicator ring interposed between a stopper of the body and an end of the tightening cap. The indicator ring is equipped with a flat section and an inclined section, which is inclined with respect to the flat section, and is formed with a smaller diameter than an outer circumferential surface of the tightening cap. When the tightening cap is screw-rotated to thereby connect the tube, as a result of the inclined section being pressed and deformed by movement of the tightening cap, the inclined section projects radially outward with respect to the outer circumferential surface of the tightening cap, whereby a tightened condition is visually confirmed by the outer edge of the indicator ring.

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SMC KABUSHIKI KAISHAAKIHABARA UDX 15F 4-14-1 SOTOKANDA CHIYODA-KU TOKYO 101-0021

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fukano, Yoshihiro Moriya, JP 136 2081
Uchino, Tadashi Moriya, JP 25 275

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