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Method of making a member defining a lumen for a peristaltic pump and member produced by said method

US4494285A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 25, 1983
Grant dateJan 22, 1985
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Expiry dateApr 25, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49893
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A peristaltic pump comprising a housing member containing a member having resilient walls defining a lumen, a shaft is rotatably mounted in the housing and carries a pumping member thereon extending radially of the shaft which acts on the lumen in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the shaft. The defined lumen is preferably elliptical in cross-section.

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