Apparatus for stripping fluid from flexible plastic tubing

Claim 1

Apparatus for stripping fluid from a fluid-filled plastic tubing comprising a pair of frame members, hinge means, the pair of frame members being hingedly connected by the hinge means and swingable between opened and closed positions, a pair of rollers, means including shaft means on each of the rollers for rotatably mounting one of the rollers on each of the frame members, means for adjusting the shaft means of the pair of rollers relative to one another whereby the clearance between the peripheral surfaces thereof may be varied transversely, the rollers being rotatably mounted on the shaft means thereof in opposed relationship with a substantially fixed clearance therebetween after adjustment to a desired position when the frame members are in the closed position and whereby the plastic tubing is compressed and the fluid is stripped therefrom when the tubing is passed longitudinally between the rollers, the rollers being mounted whereby they are moved away from each other when the frame members are moved from the closed to the opened position, (and) latch means on the pair of frame members for securely holding the pair of frame members in the closed position whereby the (pair of) rollers (is) are at all times correctly positioned for stripping fluid from the plastic tubing when the frame members are in the closed position and means for guiding the plastic tubing longitudinally between the rollers, the tubing guide means being adjustable transversely across the variable roller clearance whereby the tubing may be passed longitudinally between the rollers at a point providing a desired clearance.