Patent ID: 7390026

Claim:
A housing joint comprising: a housing formed by arranging at least three arcuate segments in a circumferential direction with gaps, an elastic circular ring arranged in the housing for hermetically sealing end portions of a pair of pipes, a fastening band arranged so as to surround an outside surface of the housing and having loop portions at both ends thereof, and a fastening unit that makes the loop portions at both ends of the fastening band closer to each other, in order to make the arcuate segments closer to each other or in contact with each other, the elastic circular ring having engagement projections at positions located in a circumferential direction thereof corresponding to the respective arcuate segments, each engagement projection extending outward in a radial direction from the elastic circular ring, each arcuate segment having a positioning hole into which each engagement projection is inserted, and a fastening-band guiding part located on an outside surface of each arcuate segment for guiding the fastening band.