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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 1980
Filed:
Nov. 17, 1978
Per-Olov A Carlsson, Sosdala, SE;
Kaj O Stenberg, Staffanstorp, SE;
Gambro AB, , SE;
Abstract
Assembly is disclosed for clamping and sealing the end of a flattened tube. The assembly includes a groove for receiving an end of a flattened tube, and a clamping member including a beaded portion for clamping and sealing the end of a flattened tube when the clamping member is in a clamping position within the groove and the end of the flattened tube is properly disposed in said groove. The groove has a first groove surface and a second surface disposed at an oblique angle relative to said first surface, the second surface including a clamping portion, and the clamping member including a locking portion adapted to mate with said clamping portion of the second surface of the groove when the clamping member is in the clamping position within the groove, whereby the beaded portion is held in its sealing position relative to the end of the flattened tube disposed within the groove.