Patent ID: 6231090
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
A tubular joint adapted to connect a pair of pipes, said tubular joint comprising:a joint body made of a synthetic resin and having a pair of connection ports integrally formed on respective sides thereof, said connection ports having a diameter slightly larger than an outside diameter of the pipes to be connected such that the pipes to be connected can be inserted and fitted in the connection ports;a resiliently deformable sealing member integrally formed along an inside circumferential surface of each of the connection ports by injection molding of elastomer resin and adapted to be pressure-fitted to an outside circumferential surface of the respective pipes to be connected as the pipes are inserted and fitted in the connection ports;an engaging groove formed around an axial line on an outside circumferential surface of each of the connection ports; anda synthetic resin-made fall-out preventing member fixed at an end portion of each of the connection ports and comprising an outside cylindrical portion provided on the outside surface of each of the connection ports and an inside cylindrical portion provided on the inside surface of each of the connection ports;wherein the outside cylindrical portion of each of the fall-out preventing members has a tapered surface adapted to enable the fall-out preventing members to be press-fitted onto the respective connection ports, and comprises a plurality of engaging portions that are engaged with the engaging groove formed around the axial line on the outside circumferential surface of each of the connection ports as the fall-out preventing members are press-fitted thereon; andwherein the inside cylindrical portion of each of the fall-out preventing members extends toward a center of the connection ports in an inclined manner, and comprises: (i) a plurality of circumferentially formed notched parts spaced at equal intervals, such that the inside cylindrical part is elastically deformable so as to increase a diameter of the inside cylindrical part, and (ii) a plurality of fall-out stoppers whose tip ends are shaped so as to be engaged in a groove portion formed around an axial line on the outside circumferential surface of the respective pipes to be connected as the pipes are inserted and fitted in the connection ports.