| 摘要 |
A coupling comprising a tube made of plastic composite material to be used as a structural member and having an end portion formed with a plurality of acute cutouts, a fitting having a small-diameter front end portion and a bell-shaped tapering rear portion, and a bell-shaped sleeve having an inner wall surface of a shape corresponding to that of the tapering portion of the fitting. The end portion of the plastic tube is held between the fitting inserted into the end portion and the sleeve mounted on the outer periphery of the taper fitting, and a nut threadedly engaged with external threads of the fitting is tightened to assemble the fitting, the plastic tube and the sleeve as a unit.
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