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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:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Manfred Schulz, Überlingen, DE;
Assignee:
Ferton Holding S.A., Delemont, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 7/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 7/06 ;
Abstract
A pinch valve comprises a flexible tube member as a portion of a fluid line which for a flow control is arranged on a separate insert member made of a rigid material and provided with two axially aligned adapter pieces of the fluid line for being pinched by an actuator which directly contacts the flexible tube member at a control position of its cross-sectional area.