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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1999
Kosuke Sakai, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
An expansion flexible tube joint comprising a first cylindrical body having a pair of spherical surface ring materials each formed with partially spherical outer surface, a second cylindrical body comprising a sleeve inserted into the first cylindrical body for relative movement thereof from an axial direction thereof, the sleeve provided at its end portion with stopper means for limiting extending and contracting movement relative to the first cylindrical body, and third cylindrical bodies fitted over both outer peripheral surfaces and comprising a pair of casing tubes each having slidable spherical inner peripheral surfaces and connection portions at opposite ends thereof, wherein an end inner peripheral surface of each of third cylindrical bodies at the thereof to which second cylindrical body is inserted is chamfered, and the chamfered angle is 16° or greater, and the stopper means is mounted to an outer peripheral surface of the second cylindrical body and is formed into a closed ring shape.
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