Thin pipe connecting joint

A thin pipe connecting joint for connecting first and second pipes, said pipes including engagement walls formed at respective ends thereof, said engagement walls being configured for abutting engagement with each other, first and second elastic seal ring members assembled around said first and second pipes respectively and adjacent the respective engagement walls thereof, said joint comprising:

• a generally tubular socket member mounted over said first pipe such that said first seal ring member is intermediate said socket member and said engagement wall of said first pipe and said socket member having a cross-sectional dimension less than the cross-sectional dimension of said engagement wall on said first pipe and of said first seal, said socket member including a plurality of tongue walls protruding radially outwardly from said first pipe and away from the engagement wall thereof;
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• a joint body having opposed first and second ends and an assembly hole defining an interior surface extending therebetween, said second end of said joint body including an inwardly extending retaining wall having a cross-sectional dimension less than the cross-sectional dimension of said engagement wall on said second pipe and of said second seal and engaged around portions of said second pipe such that the second seal ring member is intermediate the engagement wall of the second pipe and the retaining wall at the second end of the joint body and sealingly engages said second pipe and said interior surface, the first end of said joint body surrounding said first pipe and said first seal ring such that said first seal ring sealingly engages said first pipe and said interior surface and said first end being configured to engage the tongue walls of the socket body such that the engagement walls of the pipes are held in abutting engagement with one another between the socket member and the retaining wall at the second end of said joint body.