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Flexible joint

Granted 1 Aug 2000 · no office action yet

Assignee: Waterworks Technology Development Organization Co., Ltd.

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Inventors: Taichi Sato, Yasushi Fujita · Examiner: Holly Baynham · AU 291 · TC 2900

Application
111825
filed 1 Oct 1999
Publication
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US D428805
granted 1 Aug 2000

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of a…

FIG. 1 is a front view of a flexible joint.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the flexible joint.

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the flexible joint.

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of the flexible joint.

FIG. 5 is a left side view of the flexible joint.

FIG. 6 is a right side view of the flexible joint; and,

FIG. 7 is a reduced scale perspective view of the flexible joint.

The phantom representation of the joint portions of a flexible joint is made in the drawings merely for the purpose of illustrating the environment in which this invention is used. The structure shown in broken lines is not part of the design sought to be patented.

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D08/382D23/262

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