Tube holder
AssigneeHeathrow Scientific LLC
InventorsBrian Paul Schneider, Gary Dean Kamees
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Abstract
A roller mixer system including a tube roller and a tube holder. The tube roller includes a motor and a plurality of rollers rotated by the motor. The tube holder includes a main shaft defining a shaft width and including a side, a first end defining a first width, a second end opposite the first end, and a clip disposed on the side and configured to receive a tube. The first width is greater than the shaft width. The second end defines a second width greater than the shaft width.
Claims18
A roller mixer system comprising:
- a tube roller including
- a motor, and
- a plurality of rollers rotated by the motor;
- and
- a tube holder including
- a main shaft defining a shaft width and including a side, the main shaft defining a longitudinal axis of the tube holder,
- a first end defining a first width, the first width greater than the shaft width,
- a second end opposite the first end, the second end defining a second width greater than the shaft width, and
- a clip disposed on the side and configured to receive a tube oriented generally parallel with the longitudinal axis.
A tube holder configured to receive a tube, the tube holder comprising:
- a main shaft defining a shaft width and including a side having a mount, the mount including an aperture;
- a first end defining a first width, the first width greater than the shaft width;
- a second end opposite the first end and defining a second width, the second width greater than the shaft width;
- and
- at least one clip including a protrusion integrally formed with the clip, the clip disposed on the side, the protrusion received in the aperture to couple the at least one clip to the main shaft,
- wherein the at least one clip is configured to receive the tube,
- wherein the tube holder is a first tube holder, and wherein the first tube holder can be selectively coupled to a second tube holder at the first end or the second end.
A tube holder configured to receive a plurality of tubes, the tube holder comprising:
- a main shaft defining a shaft width and including a side, the main shaft defining a longitudinal axis of the tube holder;
- a first end including a first flange extending generally parallel with the longitudinal axis and defining a first width, the first width greater than the shaft width;
- a second end opposite the first end, the second end including a second flange extending generally parallel with the longitudinal axis and defining a second width, the second width greater than the shaft width;
- an intermediate portion disposed between the first end and the second end, the intermediate portion defining an intermediate width, the intermediate width greater than the shaft width;
- a first clip disposed on the side between the first end and the intermediate portion, the first clip configured to receive a first of the plurality of tubes;
- and
- a second clip disposed on the side between the second end and the intermediate portion, the second clip configured to receive a second of the plurality of tubes,
- wherein the first flange and the second flange extend generally the same distance along the longitudinal axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.