Patent ID: 8043111
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: F16L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A connector on which a tube having an outer peripheral surface provided with a ridges and grooves at predetermined pitches can be mounted, comprising: a tube insertion portion; a plurality of retaining means formed on an inner side of the tube insertion portion so as to retain the tube inserted in the tube insertion portion, the retaining means being spaced a predetermined distance from each other; a binding band-restraining portion formed on an outer side of the tube insertion portion and extending in a direction of a periphery of the tube insertion portion, the binding band-restraining portion being adapted to position a binding band for fixing the tube to the retaining means when the tube is inserted in the tube insertion portion; and two band passage holes formed in the binding band-restraining portion, and disposed between the plurality of retaining means, wherein the binding band can be passed through one of the band passage holes from the outer side of the tube insertion portion to the inner side of the tube insertion portion, around the tube and out from the inner side of the tube insertion portion through the other of the band passage holes, wherein a desired one of a plurality of kinds of tubes can be mounted in the tube insertion portion; and the predetermined distance between the retaining means is a common multiple of the ridge/groove pitches of the plurality of tubes, wherein the tube insertion portion is a generally semi-cylindrical shape.