JOINT

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a joint capable of easily connecting piping and supressing the damage of a joint element and the piping. SOLUTION: The joint consists of a joint element 12 to which a flange 11 is connected with the flange jointed in a screwed-in state; and a piping joint 13 inserted externally of the tip part of the joint element 12. A piping connection part 36 is situated at the tip part of the piping joint 13, and the piping connection part 36 is situated with a second axis 38 inclined at a specified inclination angle θ based on a first axial axis 37 of a joint body 12. The piping joint 13 is brought into rotation around a first axial axis 37 of the joint element 12 as a result of a C-ring 34 being loosely fitted in a first annular groove 23 peripherally formed in the outer peripheral surface of the tip of the joint element 12 and a second annular groove 31 peripherally formed in the inner peripheral surface of the base end of the piping joint 13. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI