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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2004
Shinji Ishida, Isehara, JP;
Satoshi Yamanushi, Nirasaki, JP;
Shinji Ishida, Isehara, JP;
Satoshi Yamanushi, Nirasaki, JP;
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A tube clamp apparatus and a tube connecting apparatus having high durability and improved operability when an operator locks these apparatuses are provided. A tube connecting apparatus comprises a first clamp and a second clamp, each pressing to hold two flexible tubes. The tubes are placed at a lower jaw portion of the second clamp and pressed to a flat state by pressing force applied thereto a direction of an arrow F. A hook sectionhaving hook portions divided into plural pieces is set up at an upper jaw portion of the second clamp, and the hook portion Bis made of a POM elastic member having, on one side thereof, a protruded portionprotruded from other adjacent hook portions. When pressing force is applied to the upper jaw portion, the hook portion Bprotruded from the other adjacent hook portions is elastically deformed and engaged with a POM-made roller Bto prevent back-tracking of the hook section