Patent · US Expired

Line clamp

US5413566A · kind A · utility

75Cited by
22References
2Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMar 16, 1993
Grant dateMay 9, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 16, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16K7/045
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A clamp for occluding a flexible tube comprising a permanent magnet rotary actuator coupled to a rotatable cam. A spring-biasing mechanism is provided to counteract the rotation of the rotary actuator and to return the rotatable cam to a pre-determined position when power is withheld from the rotary actuator.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.