Roller pincher for setting the regulation cross-section of a flexible tubing

• US 6,857,617 B2
• Filed: 02/02/2004
• Issued: 02/22/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hans-Jürgen Forberg
• Original Assignee: Hans-Jürgen Forberg
• Inventors: Forberg, Hans-Jürgen
• Primary Examiner(s): Hirsch, Paul J.
• Application Number:
  US10/770,025
• Publication Number:
  US 20040164258A1
• Time in Patent Office: 386 Days
• Field of Search: 251 4- 8
• US Class Current: 251/6
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/286 Wedge clamps, e.g. roller clamps with inclined guides

Abstract

An elongate pinch housing is provided which is U-shaped in cross-section with two sidewalls and with a web wall connecting these. A pinch roller is longitudinally displaceable in these sidewalls with an annular notch at its one circumferential corner region for forming the regulation cross-section of the flexible tubing. The pinch housing in its transition region from the web wall to that sidewall which is distant from the annular notch of the pinch roller is provided with an inner, elongate side guide surface for the flexible tubing. The side guide surface projects into the pinch housing and runs inclined to its longitudinal middle plane so that the flexible tubing inserted in the pinch housing is subjected to a transverse movement.

Claims

1. A roller pincher for setting a regulation cross-section of a flexible tubing which is connectable to a medical fluid container, the roller pincher comprising:

an elongate pinch housing being U-shaped in cross-section with two sidewalls and with a web wall connecting said side walls;

a pinch roller which acts on the flexible tubing positioned in said housing, said pinch roller being arranged longitudinally displaceable in said sidewalls, said pinch roller having an annular notch on one circumferential corner region for forming the regulation cross-section of the flexible tubing in cooperation with said pinch housing, wherein said pinch housing in a transition region from said web wall to one of said sidewalls which is distant to said annular notch of the pinch roller, said transition region comprises an inner elongate side guide surface for the flexible tubing held between the web wall and the pinch roller, said side guide surface projecting into said pinch housing and running inclined to a longitudinal middle plane of said housing.

2. A roller pincher according to claim 1, wherein said side guide surface of said pinch housing is provided on a ledge-like projection.

3. A roller pincher according to claim 2, wherein said projection is formed in one piece with said one sidewall and said web wall of said pinch housing.

4. A roller pincher according to claim 1, wherein said side guide surface of said pinch housing runs at an obtuse angle to said web wall of said pinch housing.

5. A roller pincher according to claim 2, wherein said side guide surface of said pinch housing runs at an obtuse angle to said web wall of said pinch housing.

6. A roller pincher according to claim 3, wherein said side guide surface of said pinch housing runs at an obtuse angle to said web wall of said pinch housing.

7. A roller pincher according to claim 1, wherein an adjusting groove is allocated to said side guide surface of said pinch housing in the other said sidewall of said housing which faces said annular notch of said pinch roller, whose cross-section changes along a displacement path of said pinch roller for setting the respective regulation cross-section of the flexible tubing.

8. A roller pincher according to claim 6, wherein an adjusting groove is allocated to said side guide surface of said pinch housing in the other said sidewall of said housing which faces said annular notch of said pinch roller, whose cross-section changes along a displacement path of said pinch roller for setting the respective regulation cross-section of the flexible tubing.

9. A roller pincher according to claim 7, wherein a base surface of said adjusting groove runs inclined to said longitudinal middle plane of said pinch housing.

10. A roller pincher according to claim 8, wherein a base surface of said adjusting groove runs inclined to said longitudinal middle plane of said pinch housing.

11. A roller pincher according to claim 7, wherein a base surface of said adjusting groove runs equidistant to said side guide surface of said pinch housing.

12. A roller pincher according to claim 10, wherein said base surface of said adjusting groove runs equidistant to said side guide surface of said pinch housing.

13. A roller pincher according to claim 7, wherein a base surface of said adjusting groove runs parallel or essentially parallel to said side guide surface of said pinch housing.

14. A roller pincher according to claim 10, wherein a base surface of said adjusting groove runs parallel or essentially parallel to said side guide surface of said pinch housing.

15. A roller pincher arrangement for a flexible tube, the arrangement comprising:

a pinch roller having a circumferential corner region defining an annular notch;

an elongate pinch housing having a U-shaped cross-section with first and second sidewalls and with a base wall connecting said side walls, said pinch roller being arranged in said pinch housing with said annular notch being arranged adjacent said first sidewall and forming a regulation cross-section of the flexible tube in cooperation with said pinch housing, said pinch housing having a transition region from said base wall to said second sidewall, said transition region including an inner elongate side guide surface for the flexible tube held between said base wall and said pinch roller, said side guide surface projecting into said pinch housing and running inclined to a longitudinal middle plane of said housing.