Strip of cocks
US5460204A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 4, 1994 |
| Grant date | Oct 24, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 4, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T137/87885
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention relates to strips of cocks. The strip is constituted by plates and by cocks, each plate being provided on two opposite edges with fastening portions enabling the plates to be fixed together end-to-end, and each plate carrying on at least one face one or more cocks or being provided on said face with means to which one or more cocks can be mounted, and each cock comprising a plug to which at least three endpieces secured to said plug open out, two of the endpieces, respectively a male endpiece and a female endpiece, being in alignment and opposite to each other on an axis that is perpendicular to said opposite edges of the plate once the cock is fixed on the plate, and the third endpiece being disposed obliquely or perpendicularly relative to the two aligned endpieces, said cock being designed to control fluid communication between the aligned endpieces and the third endpiece, and said aligned endpieces being designed so that said male and female endpieces engage mutually from cock to cock when the plates carrying the cocks are connected together end-to-end. The invention is particularly applicable to strips of cocks for medical use.
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