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Peristaltic pump comprising a bearing member and a counter-member adapted to cooperate with a tube

  • US 20060002799A1
  • Filed: 06/21/2005
  • Published: 01/05/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. Peristaltic pump comprising a rotor incorporating rollers and a mobile jaw that is provided with a bearing member and assumes:

  • an open position in which it is moved away from the rotor, the bearing member then being move away from a fixed counter-member on the pump (1), with the result that a tube on which said pump must act may be fitted between the jaw and the rotor, on the one hand, and between the bearing member and the counter-member, on the other hand, and a closed position in which the mobile jaw is moved close to the rotor, which moves the bearing member toward said counter-member, with the result that said tube is gripped between a curved bearing surface of the mobile jaw and at least one roller of the rotor, on the one hand, and between the bearing member and the counter-member, on the other hand, this pump being characterized in that it further comprises;

    a sensor of the force exerted between the bearing member and the counter-member; and

    a processing unit comprising means for determining, from the signal supplied by the sensor, if predetermined conditions indicative of correct positioning of the tube between the bearing member and the counter-member have been satisfied.

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