Holding jig with balancing mechanism
AssigneeTeleflex Medical Incorporated
InventorsMior Uzair Bin Mior Hassan, Jegajothi Singanayagam
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Abstract
A holding jig for a glass former and a method for shaping an end of a breathing tube are described. The holding jig includes a glass former having an interior shaping cavity for receiving the end of the breathing tube. The holding jig also includes a floating balance plate that abuts the glass former. A base plate has a seat recess for receiving the balance plate, and a tube hole for receiving the breathing tube. A grip plate is releasably secured to the base plate, and includes a grip hole sized to receive a portion of the glass former. An adjustment plug is used to selectively position the balance plate within the seat recess to align a longitudinal axis of the glass former with a longitudinal axis of the tube hole of the base plate.
Claims20
A holding jig for a breathing tube, the holding jig comprising:
- a glass former including a proximal end configured to receive an end of the breathing tube, and an interior shaping cavity configured to shape the end of the breathing tube;
- a balance plate including a distal balance surface configured to abut the proximal end of the glass former;
- a base plate including a proximal base surface, a distal base surface defining a seat recess configured to receive the balance plate, and a tube hole configured to receive the breathing tube;
- a grip plate configured to be releasably secured to the base plate, the grip plate including a grip hole sized to receive a portion of the glass former;
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- an adjustment plug operable to selectively position the balance plate within the seat recess to align a longitudinal axis of the glass former with a longitudinal axis of the tube hole of the base plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.