US 12,276,361 B2
Single-use sanitary tri-clamp
Daniel Scott, Liverpool (GB)
Appl. No. 18/248,303
Filed by Daniel Scott, Liverpool (GB)
PCT Filed Oct. 7, 2021, PCT No. PCT/GB2021/052586
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 7, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/074390, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 14, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2016085 (GB), filed on Oct. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0366493 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. F16L 23/06 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 23/06 (2013.01) 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A clamp for coupling two mating flanges, the clamp comprising first and second jaw members, the first jaw member being pivotally mounted by a pivot member to the second jaw member and having at its free end an articulated lever having a proximal end with a latch, the proximal end located proximal to the free end of the first jaw member, the latch engageable with a catch disposed at the free end of the second jaw member,
wherein the clamp has an open configuration in which the free ends of the jaw members are displaced apart and the two mating flanges may be received between the jaw members, and a closed configuration in which the free ends of the jaw members are proximal to one another, wherein said lever is moveable between an unlocked configuration wherein the latch is displaced away from the catch, and a locked configuration wherein the latch is received by and engages with the catch,
wherein the lever has an arch-shaped distal end opposite the proximal end,
wherein the arch-shaped distal end is on a farthest end of the lever further away from the free end of the first jaw member than the proximal end, and
wherein the arch-shaped distal end of the lever overlaps the pivot member and the proximal end adjacent the arch-shaped distal end is at least partially embedded in the second jaw member when the lever is in the locked configuration by at least partially encircling the pivot member.