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US 12,181,085 B2Granted
Pipe joint
AssigneeToyox Co., Ltd.
InventorAkihiro Inagaki
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Abstract
A pipe joint includes a joint main body comprising a nipple disposed in such a manner that a distal end is directed to one side in an axial direction and a hose clamp holding portion provided at a proximal end of the nipple and configured to be brought into abutment with an inner circumferential surface of a hose clamp which is biased in a diametrically narrowing direction so as to hold the hose clamp in a diametrically expanded state.
Claims6
A pipe joint comprising:
- a joint main body comprising a nipple disposed in such a manner that a distal end is directed to one side in an axial direction;
- a hose clamp holding portion provided at a proximal end of the nipple and configured to be brought into abutment with an inner circumferential surface of a hose clamp which is biased in a diametrically narrowing direction so as to hold the hose clamp in a diametrically expanded state;
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- a cover member comprising a guide portion formed so as to allow a passage of a gripping piece of the hose clamp and configured to guide the hose clamp from the proximal end of the nipple towards the one side while maintaining the diametrically expanded state of the hose clamp, and a release portion formed so as to allow a passage of the gripping piece of the hose clamp, made to connect with the guide portion on the one side, and configured to release the hose clamp so as to be diametrically narrowed from the diametrically expanded state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.