摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a multiway stopcock which allows the easy and sure recognition of the communication or closure of branch pipes and flow passages formed at a plug body by means of the load fluctuation acting on the operator's hands and fingers. SOLUTION: This multiway stopcock comprises a main body 2 which has the branch pipes 5, 6 and 7 on the outer periphery of a cylindrical body 4 and a cock 3 having the plug body 9 which is freely turnably fitted into the cylindrical body 4 and is formed with the flow passages 5b, 6b, 7b corresponding to the branch pipes 5, 6 and 7. The outer periphery of the plug body 9 is provided with an engaging member 12 formed with a corrugated part 13 in the bottom. The corrugated part 13 is engaged with the outer peripheries of the branch pipes 5, 6 and 7. |