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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8100675 | Fluid transporting device, and fluid transporter A fluid transporting device comprises a tube frame having a tube guide wall for arranging a tube having an elasticity in an arcuate shape, and a rotary pressure mechanism having a plurality of rollers. The rotary pressure mechanism is arranged, when the tube is arra... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7309055 | Apparatus for flushing fluids from a tube A tube flushing device has a shell having a first housing and a second housing connected on a side thereof so as to be movable between an open position and a closed position. A first pair of wheels are rotatably mounted in the first housing. A second pair of wheels ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7247146 | Support element for an integrated blood treatment module, integrated blood treatment module and extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus equipped with said integrated module The invention relates to support element (4) comprising a main body (6) having a front wall (25) and a peripheral wall (32) projecting away from the front wall. The front wall and the peripheral wall define a housing compartment (33 | 07/24/2007 |
| 7191957 | Peristaltic machine for depositing viscous materials A peristaltic depositing machine includes a hopper to store viscous material. A flexibly deformable tubing section is connected to the hopper for receiving the viscous material. A pair of rollers cooperate to compress tubing section and thereafter move forwardly alo... | 03/20/2007 |
| 6708944 | Flow control system and valve for controlling a fluid flow A flow control system and a valve for controlling a fluid flow in a flexible conduit. The valve includes a movable member movable to compressingly contact the outer surface of the flexible conduit to adjust the flow cross-sectional area of the flexible conduit. The ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6685450 | Flexible tube positive displacement pump The pressure rollers of a peristaltic tube positive displacement pump are incorporated as an element of a reduction system connecting a drive shaft to the rollers.... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6158965 | Fluid flow resistance monitoring system Flow parameters in a fluid delivery assembly are determined by monitoring pressure responses and processing those responses along with information regarding the fluid flow. In one aspect, a processor controls the pump to pump flow quantities in accordance... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6102678 | Peristaltic pump The invention is a peristaltic pump having a particularly simple construction and a low axial bulk. The pump (1) includes a rotor (20) having rollers (21,22,23) which roll against a tube (14) containing the liquid to be pumped. The compression of the tube... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6029688 | Water wheel for pumping chemical treatment into water stream The invention is a water wheel supplying energy to a pump. The pump will typically be used to apply chemical treatments to the water stream. Some examples of chemicals to be added are acids or bases to bring the pH to an acceptable level, precipitation ai... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5941696 | Peristaltic pump A peristaltic pump for precision metering of small quantities of fluid through a plurality of flow lines has a plurality of flexible liquid transfer tubes disposed between a set of tube rollers and an arcuate backing plate. The tube rollers are mounted on... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5871341 | Peristaltic pump driven pump roller apparatus and methodology A peristaltic pump is provided with drive gear mechanisms so that the pump rollers are respectively driven about their support axes in a rotatable direction opposite to that in which the support discs are driven. The result is that a forward motion is app... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5655897 | Peristaltic pump cassette A peristaltic pump cassette (1) is designed to cooperate in use with a motor unit (2) through a drive spindle (30) comprising a casing (40) with a tube bearing surface (12), a deformable tube (11), rotating rollers (14) driven by friction by the drive spi... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5597094 | Device with peristaltic pump which makes it possible to draw, weight and mix liquids automatically A modular peristaltic pump assembly that will automatically draw, weigh and mix various expensive liquids arranged in bottles contains multiple pumping units or modules driven by a two-part peristaltic pump, the first part being a pump body intended to re... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5037274 | Peristaltic apparatus and method for pumping and/or metering fluids A peristaltic pumping and metering apparatus and method whereby tube walls are squeezed inwardly against cores contained in the tubes. A plurality of rings are frictionally driven in epicyclic manner, to thus deform a contoured belt against the core-conta... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4982903 | Peristaltic voltage block A coating material dispensing system includes an electrostatic high potential supply having an output terminal on which the supply maintains a high electrostatic potential, a source of coating material, a dispenser for dispensing the coating material, and... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4878622 | Peristaltic voltage block A coating material dispensing system includes an electrostatic high potential supply having an output terminal on which the supply maintains a high electrostatic potential, a source of coating material, a dispenser for dispensing the coating material, and... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4702679 | Peristaltic pump A peristaltic pump having a deformable tube (11) forming the pump body, placed between rollers (15, 16) driven by friction from a central drive shaft (6), and located in an external casing (1) forming runways (13, 14) for the rollers, positioned on either... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4639156 | Painting apparatus and method A painting system having a supply section, a delivery and control section, and an applicator section. The supply section comprises a peristaltic type pump. The delivery and control section comprises a unitary tube having a delivery passageway and an air p... | 01/27/1987 |
| 4606710 | Peristaltic pump A peristaltic pump including an outer casing rotatably receiving a cage carrying rollers for planetary movement, the rollers extending radially outwardly and inwardly beyond the cage, a flexible tube interposed between the casing and rollers for peristalt... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4604038 | Remotely operable peristaltic pump A peristaltic pump (A) is disclosed which includes a roller assembly (D) having a plurality of pump rollers (12) carried thereon. As the roller assembly is rotated by a drive gear (66) the pump rollers (12) are driven in reverse rotation by means of a sta... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4564342 | Peristaltically operating roller pump and pump rotor therefor A peristaltically operating roller pump, in particular a hose pump for medical technology, comprises a pump bed (25) whose bearing wall (28) in the exit region (31) has a curvature which is in the same sense as the circular path (33a) of a roller (33) mou... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4231668 | Liquid power driven coating apparatus A coatings application apparatus pumps liquid paint through a flexible conduit within a rotary variable displacement peristaltic pump to a conventional applicator head. Through constant speed rotating lobes peristaltic action squeezes coating liquid withi... | 11/04/1980 |
| 4205948 | Peristaltic pump A peristaltic pump composed of a tubular cylindrical housing closed at opposite ends, a flexible tube wound in single and complete helix circumferentially around the inner wall of said housing with its opposite end portions passing outwardly through two s... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4181476 | Peristaltic pump and a tube for said pump The peristaltic pump has a rotor which is placed around a drive shaft and made up of planet-wheels supported by a planet-wheel carrier. The planet-wheels are maintained in contact with the drive shaft by means of a flexible tube forming a pump body which ... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4132509 | Peristaltic pump with means to vary relative pumping volume between tubes A device for entering dyes having a consistency, which may vary from a liquid to a pulverous state, into synthetic material processing machines, especially extrusion and injection molding machines, by means of a hose pump adjustable as to the quantity bei... | 01/02/1979 |
| 4113409 | Hose pump with friction drive of hollow, resilient roller means A hose pump comprising a housing having a cylindrical rolling surface then and an annular groove which extends in the center of the rolling surface and is adapted to receive an elastic hose therein. A cylindrical drive member is arranged concentric with ... | 09/12/1978 |
| 3999891 | Pump using spaced sequential displacements along a flexible tube A method of pumping fluid through a hose by means of progressively sequentially momentarily causing adjacent portions thereof to contract is disclosed. A rotary and a linear pump construction are described.... | 12/28/1976 |
