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US 12,078,273 B2Granted
Tubing connectors
AssigneeMerck Patent GmbH
InventorsOlivier Flick, Robert Langlois, James Vigna, Christine Crequy, Thomas Coton
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Abstract
The disclosure herein relates to a flow path comprising half clamps 1 having an interior surface surrounding a flexible tubing 3 connection with a barb adapter 3, when assembled may be placed within a clamshell reduce or prevent deformation of the flexible tubing.
Claims18
A flow path comprising:
- at least one flexible tube;
- a barb adapter inserted into an interior cavity of the at least one flexible tube to form a connection between the at least one flexible tube to an inlet or an outlet;
- two semi-circular half clamps encircling an exterior of the connection;
- a plurality of teeth on an interior surface of the half clamps;
- a locating groove on the interior surface of the half clamps;
- at least one ear clamp securing the half clamps around the connection;
- and
- a sealing edge on the interior of the half clamps to radially compress an exterior surface of the at least one flexible tube.
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A method of increasing a pressure tolerance of a piping system, the method comprising:
- inserting a barb adapter into a flexible tube;
- sliding at least one ear clamp over the flexible tube;
- positioning half clamps on the barb adapter and the flexible tube by matching locating grooves on an interior of the half clamps to protrusions of the barb adapter to encircle the barb adapter and the flexible tube with the half clamps;
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- compressing the flexible tube with a sealing edge on the interior of the half clamps by tightening the at least one ear clamp at recesses on an exterior surface of the half clamps.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.