Patent ID: 8550413
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: A47J,A61J,B01L,B25B,F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A self-centering vial clamp, comprising: a clamp body including a vial aperture and two or more jaw slots that are spaced around the vial aperture; two or more clamp jaws spaced around the vial aperture, with a clamp jaw of the two or more clamp jaws including a vial contact face and one or more jaw projections configured to engage a jaw slot of the clamp body; two or more lever arms corresponding to and coupled to the two or more clamp jaws, with a lever arm of the two or more lever arms being configured to be manually pivoted, wherein the lever arm translates the pivoting motion into a sliding motion of the corresponding clamp jaw to slide the corresponding clamp jaw over at least a portion of the vial aperture of the clamp body; and interacting lever gears formed on the lever arms, with the lever gears constraining the two or more lever arms and the two or more clamp jaws to move substantially in unison.