Clamp for Closing a Flexible Bag
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Abstract
A clamp (10) including a housing (11) being a first member having a first passage (16) therethrough providing a first jaw and a first opening to said first passage (21) from one side; a shutter (12) being a second member having a second passage therethrough providing a second jaw and a second opening to said second passage (27) from one side; said second member being engaged with said first member far relative sliding movement between an open position in which said first and second jaws are spaced apart and said first and second openings are at least partially aligned and provide access to said first passage from one side and a closed position in which the first and second jaws cooperate to clamp a portion of a bag to be closed there between. The shutter is biased closed by springs (13) and (14) located within the closed passage end of the housing.
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Citations
32 Claims
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1-12. -12. (canceled)
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13. A clamp for closing a flexible bag, said clamp comprising:
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a first member having a first passage therethrough providing a first jaw and a first opening to said first passage from one side; and
a second member having a second passage therethrough providing a second jaw and a second opening to said second passage from one side;
wherein said second member being engaged with said first member for relative sliding movement thereto between an open position in which said first and second jaws are spaced apart and said first and second openings are at least partially aligned and provide access to said first passage from one side and a closed position in which said first and second jaws cooperate to clamp a portion of a bag to be closed therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A clamp comprising:
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a first member having a first passage therethrough providing a first jaw and a first opening to said first passage from one side; and
a second member having a second passage therethrough providing a second jaw and a second opening to said second passage from one side, said second member being engaged with said first member for relative sliding movement thereto between an open position in which said first and second jaws are spaced apart and said first and second openings are at least partially aligned and provide access to said first passage from one side and a closed position in which said first and second jaws cooperate to clamp a portion of a bag to be closed therebetween;
a biasing means for biasing said first and second members to the closed position;
a retaining means for retaining a bag portion clamped between said first and second jaws from being removed therefrom through said first and second openings while said first and second members are in the closed position; and
a stop means for stopping relative sliding movement of said first and second members from said closed position to said open position. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A clamp comprising:
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a first member having a first passage therethrough providing a first jaw and a first opening to said first passage from one side, a front face, and an opposed rear face, said first passage extends from said front face to said rear face and said first opening extends from a side edge of said first member between said front and rear faces to said first passage; and
a shutter having a second passage therethrough providing a second jaw and a second opening to said second passage from one side, a front face and an opposed rear face, at least one peg extending outwardly therefrom, and a dog, said dog extending outwardly from said front face of said shutter for securing said shutter in said first member;
at least one coil spring for biasing said first member and said shutter to the closed position;
said spring being adapted to receive at its end said peg of said shutter, thereby removably securing said biasing means to said shutter; and
a retaining means for retaining a bag portion clamped between said first and second jaws from being removed therefrom through said first and second openings while said first member and said shutter are in the closed position;
wherein said shutter being engaged with said first member for relative sliding movement thereto between an open position in which said first and second jaws are spaced apart and said first and second openings are at least partially aligned and provide access to said first passage from one side and a closed position in which said first and second jaws cooperate to clamp a portion of a bag to be closed therebetween.
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Specification