Sterile containment welding device for plastic tubes
AssigneeDenco, Inc.
InventorDudley W. C. Spencer
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Abstract
A sterile containment welding device for plastic tubes includes a pair of alignable tube holders each of which includes a base having a tube receiving channel and a clamping jaw pivotally mounted to the base. The outer end of the tube receiving channel is outwardly flared preferably at an angle of about 14.degree..
Claims11
In a sterile containment welding device for plastic tubes having a pair of alignable tube holders, each of said tube holders having a base with a tube receiving channel, said channel being defined by a bottom wall and upstanding side walls with an outer end for receiving a plastic tube in said channel and to permit the plastic tube to extend outwardly of said outer end, each of said tube holders also including a movably mounted clamping jaw having an anvil selectively located over said channel for pressing against a tube in said channel, said outer ends of said tube holders being disposed toward and spaced from each other, and a wafer mounted for movement through said space for contacting a portion of a tube extending outwardly of said outer end of said channel, the improvement being in that said walls of said channel are outwardly flared at said outer end.
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