Peristaltic pump head and tube holder
First Claim
1. A flexible container having a reservoir for holding fluid and comprising a tube holder directly connected to the flexible container, the tube holder having a tube race around a tapered aperture or recess configured for receipt of a tapered rotor of a peristaltic pump head, and a tube connector configured for connection to a resiliently flexible tube and in fluid communication with the reservoir, which tube holder can be brought into operable connection with the pump head to occlude fluid through a tube connected to the tube connector and extending around the tube race to dispense fluid from the container.
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Abstract
A tube holder for use with a peristaltic pump includes a housing having a recess for receipt of a pump rotor and a tube race around the recess. The tube race has a first race part and a second race part, a first tube inlet into the first race part and a first tube outlet from the first race part, a second tube inlet into the second race part and a second tube outlet from the second race part. The tube is insertable in the tube race by movement in a substantially orthogonal direction relative to the tube race so that it extends in through the first tube inlet, around the first race part, out through the first tube outlet, in through the second tube inlet, around the second race part, and out through the second tube outlet.
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- 1. A flexible container having a reservoir for holding fluid and comprising a tube holder directly connected to the flexible container, the tube holder having a tube race around a tapered aperture or recess configured for receipt of a tapered rotor of a peristaltic pump head, and a tube connector configured for connection to a resiliently flexible tube and in fluid communication with the reservoir, which tube holder can be brought into operable connection with the pump head to occlude fluid through a tube connected to the tube connector and extending around the tube race to dispense fluid from the container.
- 9. A flexible container having a reservoir for holding fluid and comprising a tube holder directly connected to the flexible container, the tube holder having a tube race around a tapered aperture or recess configured for receipt of a tapered rotor of a peristaltic pump head, and a resiliently flexible tube in fluid communication with the reservoir and extending around the tube race, so that the tube holder can be brought into operable connection with the pump head to occlude fluid through the tube extending around the tube race.
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