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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ben J Gallant, Portland, TX (US);
Assignee:
Airsonics License Partnership, Corpus Christi, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
251-5 ; 251-4 ; 251-7 ; 251-8 ; 137375 ;
Abstract
A device is disclosed for effecting shut-off of flow through a tube formed of flexible material. The device includes a block having a bore through which the tube extends and having a resilient sleeve surrounding the tube in the bore and further including a plunger adapted to project through an aperture in the bore wall to engage the resilient sleeve and pinch the tube within the sleeve.