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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2013
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Miyazaki, Matsumoto, JP;
Kazuo Kawasumi, Chino, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A micropump including a tube unit including an elastic tube disposed in an arc shape, a plurality of fingers disposed radially from the arc shape of the tube, and a guide frame, which holds the tube and the plurality of fingers. The micropump also includes a control unit including a cam that presses the plurality of fingers, a drive section that applies torque to the cam, a control circuit that carries out a drive control of the drive section, and a machine casing that holds the cam, drive section, and control circuit. The tube unit is mountable in and removable from the control unit in a direction approximately parallel to the plane of rotation of the cam, and is mounted inside a space provided in the machine casing.