Patent ID: 6893051

Claim:
A pipe coupling comprising: a connector body having (1) pipe locking end formed on the inside thereof and having an inner diameter as the substantially the same as an inner diameter of a pipe inserted into the pipe coupling and (2) a taper part for gradually reducing the inside space toward a free end of the pipe coupling, the taper part being opened at a portion of a outer circumference thereof in which a snap ring insertion hole is formed; a packing member inserted and mounted in the connector body adjacent the locking end; a jaw coupling inserted and mounted into the taper part, the jaw coupling having a number of coupling holes for coupling fixing jaws in the circumferential direction and a seating hole formed in the upper portion thereof; a snap ring located in the seating hole of the jaw coupling, an outer circumference of the snap ring being compressed and inserted into the snap ring insertion hole, the snap ring having ends bent in opposite directions from each other and exposed to the outside through the outer circumference of the opened taper part; and an elastic member interposed between the packing member and the jaw coupling.