Patent ID: 7428802

Claim:
A fixing/adjusting tool for use between a plate material and a structural body, comprising: a female member and a male member, the female and male members being fitted to each other in an adjustable length, the female and male members being glued either to the structural body or the plate material respectively, the female and male members being set in the adjusted length and connected together by an adhesive, wherein the female member has a female member base plate with a female member through hole formed in a center thereof and an external cylinder fixed vertically to the female member base plate; the male member has a male member base plate with a male member through hole formed in a center thereof and an internal cylinder fixed vertically to the male member base plate; the external cylinder having an inner wall defining the circumference of said external cylinder and sized to have an inner diameter, the internal cylinder having an outer wall defining the circumference of said internal cylinder, the outer wall disposed within the circumference of said external cylinder defined by said inner wall, the inner wall of the external cylinder and the outer wall of the internal cylinder forming a gap therebetween; one of the female member or the male member has a communicating section formed in its respective base plate to communicate with the gap formed between the internal and external cylinders and a rear surface of its respective base plate and an attaching area formed at an outer periphery of the communicating section at the rear surface of its respective base plate; a remaining one of the female member or the male member has a guide cylinder to guide a nozzle for injecting the adhesive, the guide cylinder being formed on its base plate and protruding and continuing from the through hole; a front edge of the guide cylinder joins an opening edge of the through hole of one member in a contracted condition of the internal and the external cylinders; and the adhesive injected through the guide cylinder into the rear surface of the base plate of one member which is attached either to the structural body or the plate material, reaches the gap between the internal cylinder and external cylinder through the communicating section.