Sealing appliance
AssigneeMillipore Corporation
InventorNils Årthun
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Abstract
An appliance for sealing elastic hoses with a sleeve, which is plastically deformable and slipped onto the hose, has two jaws which are movable towards and away from each other. One jaw has two straight bars which project towards the other jaw and extend transversely of the sleeve to make two transverse indentations in the sleeve and the hose when the jaws are moving towards each other. The same jaw has a cutting edge which projects towards the other jaw and is directed transversely of the sleeve, the cutting edge making a substantially transverse cutting indication in the sleeve and the hose when the jaws are moving towards each other.
Claims14
A process for sealing and allowing separation of a sealing device on a hollow hose, comprising:
- placing a hollow hose of elastic material, having a sealing device applied to the hose, between two jaws of a hand-held appliance, the two jaws capable of being moved relative to each other, at least one of the jaws supporting at least one bar projecting toward the opposite jaw, and at least one of the jaws supporting a cutting indication projection different from said bar and which projects toward the other jaw;
- causing relative movement of the jaws toward each other to make an indentation with said bar, along a straight line transverse to the sealing device, in the sealing device and the hollow hose to reinforce the sealing thereof, fixing the sealing device on the hose, and forming a cutting indication in the sealing device with said cutting indication projection to allow cutting of the hose, wherein said indentation and said cutting indication are formed without longitudinal relative movement between the appliance and said hollow hose and said sealing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.