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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2011
Bret Warrick, Grants Pass, OR (US);
Keith Bender, Medford, OR (US);
Bret Warrick, Grants Pass, OR (US);
Keith Bender, Medford, OR (US);
Hach Company, Loveland, CO (US);
Abstract
A self-centering vial clamp () is provided. The self-centering vial clamp () includes a clamp body () including a vial aperture () and two or more jaw slots () spaced around the vial aperture (), two or more clamp jaws () spaced around the vial aperture (), with a clamp jaw () including a vial contact face () and one or more jaw projections () configured to engage a jaw slot () of the clamp body (), and two or more lever arms () coupled to the two or more clamp jaws (). A lever arm () is configured to be manually pivoted, wherein the lever arm translates the pivoting motion into a sliding motion of the corresponding clamp jaw (). Interacting lever gears () formed on the lever arms () constrain the two or more clamp jaws () to move substantially in unison.