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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2004
Naoki Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshikazu Kitamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoki Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshikazu Kitamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Piolax, Inc., Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
A pipe joint includes a socket, a plug, a retaining unit for preventing the plug from being drawn out from the socket, a seal ring arranged at an inner periphery of the socket and a hold ring arranged at the inner periphery of the socket for preventing the seal ring from being moved. A projected portion is formed at a position of the inner periphery of the socket for attaching the hold ring, and the hold ring includes a notched portion or a recess portion for engaging with the projected portion, and a projected portion projected in a direction of an inserting port of the plug, and the plug includes a ring-like projected portion for engaging with the retaining unit, and a recess portion or a flat portion provided at the ring-like projected portion to engage with the projected portion of the hold ring.