Patent ID: 7159838
Filing Date: 2007-01-09
Classification: F16K,F16L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for squeezing pipes, comprising: a first jaw having a first squeezing surface and a second jaw having a second squeezing surface, the first jaw and the second jaw being interconnected for relative displacement through at least a first shaft, the first squeezing surface, and the second squeezing surface being separated by a gap adapted to receive a pipe therein, the first jaw having a proximal end portion fixed to the first shaft, the second jaw having a proximal end portion at least slidingly connected to the first shaft; a handle for positioning the gap about the pipe, the handle being substantially distant from the first and the second jaw such that the gap may be manually positioned about the pipe by an operator distantly located from the pipe; and actuation means for axially displacing the first shaft to reduce the gap to squeeze the pipe between the first squeezing surface of the first jaw and the second squeezing surface of the second jaw to block at least substantially fluid flow in the pipe.