Roller clamp for parenteral solution equipment

Claim 1

A FLOW CONTROL DEVICE FOR USE WITH RESILIENT TUBING COMPRISING A UNITARY BODY CONSTRUCTED OF RESILIENT PLASTIC MATERIAL, SAID BODY HAVING ELONGATED PARALLEL SIDE WALLS HAVING COPLANAR TOP EDGES AND A BOTTOM WALL ANGULARLY RELATED TO THE PLANE OF SAID TOP EDGES, FILLETS PROVIDED AT THE JUNCTION OF SAID SIDE AND BOTTOM WALLS AND EFFECTIVE TO MAINTAIN THE ANGLE BETWEEN THE SIDE WALLS AND BOTTOM WALL AGAINST DEFORMATION, SAID BODY HAVING OPEN ENDS AND AN OPEN TOP, INTEGRAL STRUTS AT EACH END OF SAID BODY CONNECTING THE TOP POSITIONS OF SAID SIDE WALLS TOGETHER, EACH OF SAID SIDE WALLS BEING FURTHER EQUIPPED WITH AN ELONGATED RECESS PARALLEL TO SAID PLANE, SAID RECESS PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID SIDE WALLS AND A TRUNNION-EQUIPPED ROLLER MEMBER SLIDABLY, ROTATABLY MOUNTED IN SAID RECESSES AND OPERATIVE TO COMPRESS A RESILIENT TUBE AGAINST SAID BOTTOM WALL AND TO SLIGHTLY DEFORM SAID BOTTOM WALL BRINGING THE SIDE WALLS TOGETHER AT THE ENDS THEREOF REMOTE FROM THE BOTTOM WALL THUS CREATING A PRESSURE UPON THE TRUNNIONED ROLLER AND STABILIZING SAID ROLLER WITHIN SAID BODY.