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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1996
Kazumi Fukaya, Mishima, JP;
Tsuyoshi Aoki, Mishima, JP;
Abstract
A joint structure for jointing a small-diameter thin metal tube and a pressure rubber hose, comprising: a joint portion having a joint end portion of a metal tube, which is given a double wall by fitting a short inner tube therein, and having a plurality of annular comb-tooth faces formed at least in the metal tube at the double wall in the vicinity of the joint end portion; and a bottomed cylindrical socket member having its bottom wall portion retained on the side of the metal tube and caulking and fixing the overlapping portions of the metal tube and the pressure rubber being fitted on the joint portion. A joint process for jointing a small-diameter thin metal tube and a pressure rubber hose, comprising: the step of fitting or press-fitting a short inner tube in a metal tube in the vicinity of a joint end portion thereby to form a double wall; the step of plastic-working the vicinity of the joint end portion over the double wall radially inward from the outside to form a plurality of annular comb-tooth faces at least at the side of the metal tube thereby to form a joint portion; the step of retaining the bottom wall portion of a bottomed cylindrical socket member fitted on the pressure rubber hose at the joint portion, at the portion at the back of the comb-tooth faces; and the step of caulking and fixing the overlapping portions.