Excess tubing retainer for a fluid or gas delivery system
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1. For use in fluid and gas delivery systems shaving an excess of flexible, hollow tubing between an input end of said tubing coupled to a source of fluids or gases and an output end of said tubing coupled to a receiver of fluids or gases, an excess tubing retaining apparatus comprising:
- a disk-shaped member having an outer periphery and means extending from an interior surface of said disk-shaped member for supporting coils of said excess tubing;
a hole located in said disk-shaped member comprising a predetermined diameter; and
a slot which extends from said hole to said outer periphery of said disk-shaped member, said slot having a width which is less than half said predetermined diameter of said hole for releasably retaining in a substantially nonoccluding manner a first segment of said tubing located between said coils and said input end and a second segment of said tubing located between said coils and said output end such that said first and said second segments cross in the vicinity of said hole at a point located between said coils and said input and said output ends, respectively.
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Abstract
A tubing retainer for use in fluid or gas delivery system for releasably retaining excess tubing in the system. A member is provided for receiving coils of the excess tubing and a hole and slot arrangement are provided for releasably receiving opposite ends of the excess tubing. The coil receiving member is provided to restrict the minimum diameter of the coils so as to avoid the creation of tube occluding type kinks in the tubing.
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1. For use in fluid and gas delivery systems shaving an excess of flexible, hollow tubing between an input end of said tubing coupled to a source of fluids or gases and an output end of said tubing coupled to a receiver of fluids or gases, an excess tubing retaining apparatus comprising:
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a disk-shaped member having an outer periphery and means extending from an interior surface of said disk-shaped member for supporting coils of said excess tubing; a hole located in said disk-shaped member comprising a predetermined diameter; and a slot which extends from said hole to said outer periphery of said disk-shaped member, said slot having a width which is less than half said predetermined diameter of said hole for releasably retaining in a substantially nonoccluding manner a first segment of said tubing located between said coils and said input end and a second segment of said tubing located between said coils and said output end such that said first and said second segments cross in the vicinity of said hole at a point located between said coils and said input and said output ends, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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