Pinch valve

A pinch valve (10) comprising:

• a first valve section (100) having a first bottom wall (110), and a first top wall (120) opposite the first bottom wall, said first top wall comprising a groove (121), a first fastener protrusion (122) located at a first top wall first end (123), and a first hinge protrusion (124) located at a first top wall second end (125);
• a second valve section (200) having a second bottom wall (210), and a second top wall (220) opposite the second bottom wall, said second bottom wall comprising a recess (211), a second fastener protrusion (212) located at a second bottom wall first end (213), and a second hinge protrusion (214) located at a second bottom wall second end (215), and said second top wall comprising a threaded hole (221) passing from the second top wall through the recess;
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• a pinch mechanism (300) comprising a pinch member (310), and a threaded rod (320), said pinch member having a bottom surface (311) and a top surface (312);
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• wherein the first valve section is configured to connect to the second valve section by mating the first hinge protrusion to the second hinge protrusion and mating the first fastener protrusion to the second fastener protrusion;
• the bottom surface of the pinch member is sized and shaped to mate to the groove;
• the threaded rod is configured to advance and retract the pinch member by threading the threaded rod into and out of the threaded hole;
• and the top surface of the pinch member is configured to retract into the recess as the threaded rod retracts the pinch member.