Patent ID: 6494692
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: F04B

Abstract:
A peristaltic pumphead comprising;a pumphead housing; a tube accommodated in the pumphead housing, the tube having opposite ends; and driving means adapted to cause a peristaltic action in the tube, the tube being provided at each end with a respective end fitting which is fixedly permanently secured to the tube by a collar swaged onto each end of said tube and is adapted for connection to further equipment, wherein each end fitting has a non-circular locating flange received in a complementary recess in the pumphead housing in a manner which secures the ends of the tube releasably in the pumphead housing against lengthwise displacement and rotation of each, of the tube ends relative to the pumphead housing thereby to prevent lengthwise displacement and rotation of each end of the tube relative to the pumphead housing.