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Pressure plate for pump and reservoir enclosure

  • US 5,564,915 A
  • Filed: 01/05/1996
  • Issued: 10/15/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/28/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A pressure plate for use with a pump comprising:

  • a body construction including;

    a top surface configured for receipt of a tube, the top surface including two longitudinal edges, and two side edges extending between the two longitudinal edges, the tube extending in a direction generally parallel to the two longitudinal edges; and

    a bottom surface facing in an opposite direction to the top surface, the bottom surface including a three sided ridge configuration having an outer U-shape, the ridge including a longitudinal surface extending in a direction generally parallel to the two longitudinal edges, and two end surfaces extending from opposite ends of the longitudinal surface transverse to the longitudinal surface; and

    a compressible tube mounted to the body construction and extending across the top surface of the pressure plate, an upstream end of the tube passing through an aperture in the body construction extending from the bottom surface to the top surface.

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