PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connecting mechanism for a linear member capable of conveniently assembling various pipes for constituting a guardrail, a fence or a handrail in a desired form.SOLUTION: This connecting mechanism includes a disk-like or annular central body, a socket member 6 having one end connected to the central body and extends in the radial direction of the central body and having the other end connected to the linear member such as a pipe P, a wire or a bar, and a rail means arranged in a connecting part of the central body and the socket member 6 for moving the socket member 6 along an outer peripheral surface of the central body in a state of connecting its one end to the central body.COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT【課題】ガードレール、塀または欄干を構成する各種のパイプを所望の形態に便利に組み立てることができるようにする線形部材用連結機構を提供すること。【解決手段】円盤状または環状の中心体と、一端は前記中心体に連結されて前記中心体の半径方向に延び、他端はパイプP、ワイヤまたは棒のような線形部材に連結されるソケット部材6と、前記ソケット部材6を、その一端が前記中心体に連結された状態で前記中心体の外周面に沿って可動させるために前記中心体と前記ソケット部材6との連結部位に設置されるレール手段とを含む。【選択図】 図3
