Patent ID: 9157486
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: A01D,B25F,F16D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A pipe-shaped fixture to be attached in a cylindrical fixing portion of a housing of a work machine to detachably connect an operation rod to the work machine, comprising: a fixture body which receives a rear end portion of the operation rod and holds it therein removably; a rubber cushion closely enclosing an outer circumference of the fixture body; and a snap ring which is snap-fitted in a circumferential groove of said cylindrical fixing portion of the housing after said fixture body is inserted in the cylindrical fixing portion, wherein said fixture body includes: a front-end projection in the form of a circumferential flange located near and enclosed by a front end of the rubber cushion and extending outwardly to a first radius, a rear-end projection in the form of circumferential flange located near a rear end of the rubber cushion and extending outwardly to a second radius, smaller that the first radius, and ridges extending longitudianally from the front-end projection to the rear-end projection to connect these projections.