Patent ID: 7467932

Claim:
A peristaltic pump comprising a rotor incorporating rollers, a mobile jaw having an open position, in which it is moved away from the rotor so that a tube on which said pump must act may be placed between the mobile jaw and the rotor, and a closed position, in which the mobile jaw is moved toward the rotor so that said tube is engaged between a curved bearing surface of the mobile jaw and at least one roller of the rotor, the pump further comprising a protective cap mounted to the pump and adapted to cover the mobile jaw and the rotor incorporating the rollers, in the open and closed position of the mobile jaw, the cap having a groove formed through the cap adapted to receive the tube when it is pressed in from outside the cap, the groove having a locating member arranged on each side of the rotor, each locating member being formed of a depression delimited by a bottom and two facing lateral walls, each of the lateral walls having a retaining boss, the boss retaining the tube in the groove and allowing the tube to slide in the longitudinal direction in which the tube extends, and the tube in the groove being disposed in a line between the rotor and the mobile jaw in the open position.