Flexible tube positive displacement pump
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1. In a peristaltic pump system in which rotating pressure elements are driven by a reduction system and are structured and arranged to revolve through a chamber in contact with a flexible tube, the improvement comprising incorporating said pressure elements into said reduction system.
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Abstract
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.
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1. In a peristaltic pump system in which rotating pressure elements are driven by a reduction system and are structured and arranged to revolve through a chamber in contact with a flexible tube, the improvement comprising incorporating said pressure elements into said reduction system.
- 2. In a peristaltic pump system in which rotating pressure rollers are driven by a gear reduction system and are structured and arranged to revolve through a chamber with the outer surfaces of said rollers constituting pressure surfaces in contact with a flexible tube, whereby to cause positive displacement pumping action through said tube, the improvement comprising incorporating said pressure rollers into said gear reduction system.
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10. A peristaltic pump system, comprising:
rotating pressure rollers incorporated within and constituting an element of a gear reduction system structured and arranged to revolve through a chamber with the outer surfaces of said rollers constituting pressure surfaces in contact with a flexible tube, whereby to cause positive displacement pumping action through said tube. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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