Abstract: To avoid the rotation of a sleeve, providing an enhanced joint force. A reinforcing bar joint 1 according to the present invention includes an elliptic-sectioned sleeve 2, a load transfer rod 3 to be inserted through the sleeve, and wedging means 4. The sleeve 2 is configured so that end portions of reinforcing bars 5a, 5b can be inserted into openings 6a, 6b formed in respective ends of the sleeve 2 so that the reinforcing bars are arranged in series along an identical line. The load transfer rod 3 can also be inserted therethrough in parallel with the end portions of the reinforcing bars 5a, 5b which are inserted into the sleeve 2.

Abstract: A reinforcing bar joint 1 includes a sleeve 2 having an elliptic section, and a wedging means 4. The wedging means 4 is composed of wedge members 4a, 4b which are pressed into between reinforcing bars 5a, 5b. The press-in positions of these wedge members 4a, 4b are spaced away from each other so that the reinforcing bars 5a, 5b, the sleeve 2, and the wedge members 4a, 4b are integrated in the area lying between the press-in positions. This can also move the points of action of tensile forces acting on the reinforcing bars outward, thereby increasing the distance between the points of action and reducing the amount of rotation of the sleeve 2.

Abstract: A sound absorptive material has powder particles having a sound absorption characteristics at a low frequency and generally supported in a vibratable state by a porous support, whereby the sound absorptive material can be increased in the sound absorption coefficient in the low frequency range while maintaining the absorptive material to be thin.