Needle tube lock for tattoo machines
OwnerWalter H. Vailinventor
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Abstract
A needle tube lock for a tattoo machine. The lock has a clamp arm which receives a threaded fastener and a needle tube arm which has a bore which receives the needle tab. The arms are integrally formed from stainless steel or other suitable sterilizable material. The lock is positioned about the needle tube and may be rotated relative to the needle tube retainer to a selected position and secured by tightening the fastener against the retainer. In this way, the tattoo machine is usable even if the retainer is broken or damaged.
Claims2
A needle tube lock for a tattoo machine of the having a frame, a power source, a needle driven by said power source within a needle tube, and a needle tube retainer on said frame extending around said needle tube, said needle tube retainer having an outer peripheral surface, said needle tube lock comprising:
- (a) a needle tube arm defining an aperture to receive said needle tube;
- (b) a clamp arm integrally formed with said needle tube arm and being at a general right angle with respect to said needle tube arm and positioned to extend adjacent the surface of the said retainer when said needle tube is disposed in said aperture in a use position, said clamp arm defining a threaded bore aligned with the said peripheral surface of said retainer in said use position and rotatably relative thereto;
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- (c) a threaded fastener engageable in said threaded bore and manually securable at selected positions along said retainer peripheral surface to releasably lock said needle tube to said frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.