Dosage equipment
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1. A dosage equipment for feeding liquid doses to a plurality of receiving vessels which comprises:
- a frame 1,a peristaltic pump having a stationary part 2 including a stepping motor 11 mounted on said frame 1 and having a motor shaft 7 extending therefrom,a body piece 12 spaced from said motor and fixed with respect to said frame 1,said shaft 7 being journalled to said body piece 12,said peristaltic pump having a two-part hose cassette 3 cooperatively associated therewith,a pair of spaced end flanges 8 and 9 fixedly mounted on said shaft 7 between said motor and said body piece 12,a plurality of revolvable shafts 10 spaced about motor shaft 7, each being journalled to said pair of spaced apart end flanges 8 and 9a counter-piece 13 mounted on said frame 1 and connected to said body piece 12 to fixedly secure said body piece with respect to motor shaft,said counter-piece further being adapted to support said two-part hose cassette,said two-part hose cassette 3 comprising cooperatively associated upper part 18 and a lower part 19 connected along adjacent sides thereof solely by unstretchable strands 33 such that the two parts 18, 19 fit together about and are supported by said counter-piece 13,said counter-piece 13 including a free end and having means for engaging with locking means on said upper and lower parts 18, 19 for cooperatively holding said upper and lower parts about said counter-piece 13,a plurality of spaced-apart elastic hoses 17 passing continuously through said upper and lower parts 18, 19 and providing a loop 17A thereof outside said upper and lower parts for passing around said revolvable shafts 10 in tension engagement therewith to compress said hose and maintain said upper and lower parts in contact with said counter-piece 13,a set of receiving vessels 39 arranged to receive dosed liquid therein,each of said hoses 17 being connectable to a source of liquid to be dosed and having a nozzle 20 at one end for feeding dosed liquid to said receiving vessels 39; and
a carriage 36 supporting said vessels 39 and displaceable relative to said peristaltic pump and located beneath said nozzles 20.
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Dosage equipment, which includes a peristaltic pump for the dosage of liquid. The set of hoses (17) of the peristaltic pump includes an upper piece (18) and a lower piece (19). The body of the pump includes an attaching piece (13), to which the upper piece and the lower piece can be attached.
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1. A dosage equipment for feeding liquid doses to a plurality of receiving vessels which comprises:
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a frame 1, a peristaltic pump having a stationary part 2 including a stepping motor 11 mounted on said frame 1 and having a motor shaft 7 extending therefrom, a body piece 12 spaced from said motor and fixed with respect to said frame 1, said shaft 7 being journalled to said body piece 12, said peristaltic pump having a two-part hose cassette 3 cooperatively associated therewith, a pair of spaced end flanges 8 and 9 fixedly mounted on said shaft 7 between said motor and said body piece 12, a plurality of revolvable shafts 10 spaced about motor shaft 7, each being journalled to said pair of spaced apart end flanges 8 and 9 a counter-piece 13 mounted on said frame 1 and connected to said body piece 12 to fixedly secure said body piece with respect to motor shaft, said counter-piece further being adapted to support said two-part hose cassette, said two-part hose cassette 3 comprising cooperatively associated upper part 18 and a lower part 19 connected along adjacent sides thereof solely by unstretchable strands 33 such that the two parts 18, 19 fit together about and are supported by said counter-piece 13, said counter-piece 13 including a free end and having means for engaging with locking means on said upper and lower parts 18, 19 for cooperatively holding said upper and lower parts about said counter-piece 13, a plurality of spaced-apart elastic hoses 17 passing continuously through said upper and lower parts 18, 19 and providing a loop 17A thereof outside said upper and lower parts for passing around said revolvable shafts 10 in tension engagement therewith to compress said hose and maintain said upper and lower parts in contact with said counter-piece 13, a set of receiving vessels 39 arranged to receive dosed liquid therein, each of said hoses 17 being connectable to a source of liquid to be dosed and having a nozzle 20 at one end for feeding dosed liquid to said receiving vessels 39; and a carriage 36 supporting said vessels 39 and displaceable relative to said peristaltic pump and located beneath said nozzles 20. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A dosage equipment for feeding liquid doses to a plurality of receiving vessels which comprises:
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a frame 1, a peristaltic pump having a stationary part 2 including a stepping motor 11 mounted on said frame 1 and having a motor shaft 7 extending therefrom, a body piece 12 spaced from said motor and fixed with respect to said frame, said shaft 7 being journalled to said body piece 12, said peristaltic pump having a two-part hose cassette 3 cooperatively associated therewith, a pair of spaced end flanges 8 and 9 fixedly mounted to said shaft 7 between said motor and said body piece 12, a plurality of revolvable shafts 10 spaced about said motor shaft 7, each being journalled to said pair of spaced apart end flanges 8 and 9, a counter-piece 13 mounted on said frame 1 and connected to said body piece 12 to fixedly secure said body piece with respect to said motor shaft 7, said counter-piece 13 having upper and lower faces 14, 15 against which the two-part cassette is supported, and a groove 16 at its free end for engaging locking means located on said hose cassette, said two-part hose cassette comprising an upper part 18 and a lower part 19 attached one to the other along adjacent sides thereof solely by unstretchable strands 33 of sufficient length such that said upper and lower parts 18, 19 of said cassettes can be fitted together about said counter-piece 13, a plurality of spaced-apart elastic hoses 17 passing continuously through said upper and lower parts 18, 19 with each providing a loop 17A thereof outside said upper and lower parts for passing around said revolvable shafts 10 in tension engagement to compress said hoses and maintain said upper and lower parts in contact with said counter-piece 13, a set of receiving vessels 39 arranged to receive dosed liquid therein, one end of each hose being connectable to a source of liquid 47 to be dosed and the other end of each thereof being provided with a nozzle 20 used for feeding dosed liquid to said receiving vessels 39; and a carriage 36 displaceable relative to said peristaltic pump and disposed beneath said nozzles 20, said carriage also containing a bleeding vessel 40 and said plurality of dose receiving vessels 39 for receiving said dose from said nozzles 20. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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