Patent ID: 6279966
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
A connector for connecting a metal pipe to a conductive resin tube, said metal pipe having an end and an annular expansion wall in proximity to said end, said conductive resin tube having an inner circumferential surface, said connector comprising:a connector main body formed from resin and having opposite front and rear ends, a connection cylinder wall extending from the front end toward the rear end and dimensioned for insertion into the conductive resin tube, the connection cylinder wall having a communication hole extending axially therethrough and having an inner peripheral surface, a small diameter chamber between the connection cylinder wall and the rear end of the connector main body, the small diameter chamber communicating with the communication hole and being dimensioned for slidably receiving portions of the metal pipe between the end and the annular expansion wall, a large diameter chamber extending from the small diameter chamber to the rear end of the connector main body, the large diameter chamber defining a socket body having a plurality of elastic walls dimensioned and configured for engaging said annular expansion wall of said metal pipe when portions of said metal pipe adjacent said end are inserted in said small diameter chamber;a seal ring and a bush installed in said small diameter chamber for surrounding portions of said metal pipe when said pipe end of said metal pipe is inserted into said small diameter chamber; anda support member having opposite front and rear ends, portions of said support member between said ends being fitted to the inner peripheral surface of said connection cylinder wall for improving rigidity of said connection cylinder wall from an inner side, portions of said support member adjacent said front end projecting beyond said front end of said connector main body and contacting said inner circumferential surface of said conductive resin tube, said rear end of said support member projecting into said small diameter chamber and said metal pipe.