Pipe joint
AssigneeSMC Corporation
InventorsYoshimoto Taneya, Taku Tomita, Shuichi Saito
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Abstract
A pipe joint has a tube for fluid detachably fitted thereto, and is connected to a hydraulic device such as a cylinder. The pipe joint is provided with a body into which the tube for fluid is inserted, and an attachment/detachment mechanism which is provided inside the body and which can attach/detach the tube for fluid. An inner sleeve for connecting the tube for fluid and the hydraulic device is provided in the body, the inner sleeve being interchangeable with orifices having different opening diameters.
Claims11
1-10. (canceled)
A pipe joint connected to a fluid pressure device, comprising a body in which a tube is inserted, and an attachment/detachment mechanism disposed in interior of the body and which is capable of attaching and detaching the tube, wherein:
- an orifice part through which the tube and the fluid pressure device communicate is disposed in the body;
- the orifice part is interchangeable;
- on an outer circumference of the orifice part, a projection is provided that is in sliding contact with, is press-fitted into, or is elastically deformable with respect to the tube, the body, or an inner circumference of the attachment/detachment mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.