摘要 |
<p>A linearised peristaltic pump has a substantially circular elastomeric tube (30) clamped within a pump housing (1) and a plurality of tube-engaging rollers (40) adapted to compress the tube (30) to pump fluid from an inlet end (33) to an outlet end (34). The tube (30) is clamped longitudinally by a circlip (35) so as to have a flattened clamped part (31) and a bulbous unclamped part (32) which is engaged by the rollers (40). The rollers (40) are mounted on the outer ends of spring-loaded rotor arms (42) and move on a cam track (50) to alter the compression of the tube (30) progressively in a tube-encountering sector (E-B) and a tube-releasing sector (C-A).</p> |