EP3488108B1 - Klemmvorrichtung für eine fördervorrichtung - Google Patents

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EP3488108B1
EP3488108B1 EP17751650.7A EP17751650A EP3488108B1 EP 3488108 B1 EP3488108 B1 EP 3488108B1 EP 17751650 A EP17751650 A EP 17751650A EP 3488108 B1 EP3488108 B1 EP 3488108B1
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Lars REDSCHLAG
Alois Krutzenbichler
Raymond RITSCHKA
Jochen Baumann
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B43/00—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members
    • F04B43/12—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members having peristaltic action
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B43/00—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members
    • F04B43/08—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members having tubular flexible members
    • F04B43/084—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members having tubular flexible members the tubular member being deformed by stretching or distortion
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B43/00—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members
    • F04B43/08—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members having tubular flexible members
    • F04B43/086—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members having tubular flexible members with two or more tubular flexible members in parallel
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B43/00—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members
    • F04B43/12—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members having peristaltic action
    • F04B43/1223—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members having peristaltic action the actuating elements, e.g. rollers, moving in a straight line during squeezing
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B45/00—Pumps or pumping installations having flexible working members and specially adapted for elastic fluids
    • F04B45/06—Pumps or pumping installations having flexible working members and specially adapted for elastic fluids having tubular flexible members
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B45/00—Pumps or pumping installations having flexible working members and specially adapted for elastic fluids
    • F04B45/08—Pumps or pumping installations having flexible working members and specially adapted for elastic fluids having peristaltic action

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  • the invention relates to a conveyor device according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the known conveying device comprises at least one clamping unit for clamping a hose conveyor element of the conveying device, on which a drive force for conveying a medium can be exerted by means of a drive unit of the conveying device, at least in a state arranged in the clamping unit.
  • Conveyor devices at least for conveying a conveyor which comprise at least one conveyor chamber element which at least partially delimits a conveyor chamber and which is rigid, and at least one elastically deformable conveyor element designed as a membrane element, which together with the conveyor chamber element delimits the conveyor chamber.
  • the conveying element is designed differently from a hose conveying element and is fixed to the conveying space element.
  • the object of the invention is in particular to provide a device of the generic type with improved properties with regard to gentle clamping of a hose conveyor element and efficient conveyance of a medium as a result of clamping the hose conveyor element.
  • the object is achieved according to the invention by the features of claim 1, while advantageous configurations and developments of the invention can be found in the subclaims.
  • the invention is based on a conveying device with at least one clamping unit for clamping at least one hose conveyor element of the conveying device, on which a drive force for conveying a medium can be exerted by means of a drive unit of the conveying device, at least in a state arranged in the clamping unit.
  • the clamping unit is provided to clamp the hose conveyor element as a whole in a curved manner, viewed in a cross-section running transversely to a conveying direction of the hose conveyor element, the clamping unit having at least one clamping element, in particular different from a drive element of the drive unit, which comprises a convex contact element which forms a contact surface for the hose conveying element, the clamping unit having at least the clamping element having at least one angled clamping surface, the clamping element comprising at least one adhesive element which is arranged on the clamping surface of the clamping element.
  • “Provided” is to be understood in particular to be specially designed and / or specially equipped.
  • “Curved clamped” is to be understood in particular as an arrangement of the hose conveyor element as a whole in the clamping unit, the hose conveyor element preferably being fixed with two edge areas facing away from one another between a clamping element and another clamping element of the clamping unit and at least in a partial area, in particular in at least one partial area , which is at least substantially free from a clamping surface contact of the clamping unit, is curved.
  • At least a partial area of the hose conveyor element which is at least substantially free from a clamping surface contact of the clamping unit, is arranged in a curved manner, in particular under the action of at least one or more convex and / or concave elements / elements of the Clamping unit.
  • the hose conveyor element can, viewed in FIG a cross-section running transversely to a conveying direction of the hose conveying element, curved over its entire extent in the clamping unit or only in a partial area, in particular in at least a partial area, which is at least essentially free of a clamping surface contact of the clamping unit, in particular in a conveying-free state of the Hose conveyor element.
  • the hose conveyor element is converted into a curved, in particular arcuate, shape in which inner wall areas of the hose conveyor element bear against one another.
  • At least more than 30% preferably at least more than 50% and particularly preferably at least more than 70% of a total extension of an inner wall of the hose conveyor element when the hose conveyor element is clamped in by the clamping unit, in particular when the hose conveyor element is in a conveyor-free state.
  • at least more than 5% preferably at least more than 10% and particularly preferably at least more than 20% of a total extension of an inner wall of the hose conveyor element in a state of the hose conveyor element clamped by the clamping unit is free of contact with an opposite inner wall area, in particular in one conveyor-free condition of the hose conveyor element.
  • a “conveyance-free state” is to be understood in particular as a state of the hose conveying element in which the hose conveying element is in particular decoupled from the action of a drive force for conveying a medium through the hose conveying element.
  • the inner wall area which is free from contact with an opposing inner wall area, is preferably provided for elastic deformation in order to convey a medium.
  • the hose conveyor element preferably has an annular cross-section, in particular when it is separated from the clamping unit.
  • the hose conveyor element has a different cross-section that appears sensible to a person skilled in the art, such as a circular cross-section with side extensions, a polygonal cross-section or the like.
  • the clamping unit is preferably provided for the hose conveyor element as The whole, viewed in a cross-section running transversely to a conveying direction of the hose conveying element, is to be clamped at least essentially in an arc shape, wherein in particular opposing inner wall areas of the hose conveying element bear against one another.
  • the hose conveyor element in a state clamped by means of the clamping unit, has an arcuate shape at least in a central area of the hose conveyor element, with edge areas of the hose conveyor element adjoining the central area, in which in particular at least more than 50% of a total extent of the inner wall of the hose conveyor element abut one another extending from the central region tangentially away from the central region.
  • the edge regions extend from the central region in accordance with a radius of the central region.
  • the hose conveyor element preferably has a vertex or turning point at which a curvature of the hose conveyor element is at a maximum in the edge regions.
  • the hose conveyor element preferably has a total of five vertices or turning points in a state clamped by means of the clamping unit.
  • the hose conveyor element in a condition clamped by the clamping unit has one apex or turning point in the two edge areas and three apexes or turning points in the central area, in particular when the hose conveyor element is in a conveyor-free condition.
  • the conveying direction of the hose conveyor element preferably runs at least substantially parallel, in particular coaxially, to a longitudinal axis of the hose conveyor element.
  • the hose conveyor element is preferably designed to be rotationally symmetrical about the longitudinal axis.
  • the hose conveyor element has a different symmetry with respect to the longitudinal axis that appears to be useful to a person skilled in the art.
  • "Essentially parallel” is to be understood here in particular as an alignment of a direction relative to a reference direction, in particular in a plane, the direction having a deviation from the reference direction, in particular less than 8 °, advantageously less than 5 ° and particularly advantageously less than 2 °.
  • an inner cross-section of the hose conveyor element delimited by a non-abutting inner wall area of the inner wall of the hose conveyor element preferably defines a Funding space for funding a medium.
  • the hose conveyor element is preferably provided to be deformed to convey a medium, in particular a fluid, in particular to be elastically deformed, in particular in a state clamped in the clamping unit under the action of a driving force.
  • the hose conveyor element is preferably provided to enable a medium to be conveyed out of and / or through the conveying space as a result of a deformation, in particular a repeatable elastic deformation, of the hose conveyor element.
  • the hose conveying element is preferably designed as an elastic hose.
  • a gentle clamping of a hose conveyor element can advantageously be made possible.
  • a load in the edge areas of the hose conveyor element as a result of a repetitive pinching caused during conveyance can advantageously be kept low, since the hose conveyor element is preferably elastically deformed repeatedly only in the central area by means of the clamping device according to the invention for conveying a medium.
  • an efficient conveyance of a medium can advantageously be realized as a result of clamping the hose conveying element.
  • the convex contact element is preferably provided to bend the hose conveyor element as a whole when the hose conveyor element is in contact with the convex contact element, in particular when it is clamped in by the clamping unit.
  • the hose conveyor element preferably rests against the convex contact element with an outer surface of the hose conveyor element facing away from the conveyor chamber of the hose conveyor element, in particular when the hose conveyor element is clamped by the clamping unit.
  • the convex contact element is integrally formed on the clamping element.
  • One-piece should be understood to be at least cohesively connected, for example by a welding process, an adhesive process, an injection molding process and / or another process that appears sensible to the person skilled in the art, and / or advantageously formed in one piece, such as by a Manufacture from a single casting and / or by manufacturing in a single or multi-component injection molding process and advantageously from a single blank.
  • a gentle construction can be achieved
  • Clamping of a hose conveyor element are made possible.
  • a curved clamping of the hose conveyor element can advantageously be made possible in order to advantageously keep a load low in the edge regions of the hose conveyor element as a result of repetitive pinching caused during conveyance.
  • the clamping unit have at least the clamping element, which is designed in particular differently from the drive element of the drive unit and which comprises the convex contact element that forms the contact surface for the hose conveyor element, the convex contact element having a concave recess at least in a partial area.
  • the concave recess of the convex contact element is preferably arranged in a region of the convex contact element in which the drive element of the drive unit acts on the hose conveying element to convey a medium.
  • the hose conveyor element in particular at least a partial area of the hose conveyor element, can be moved in the direction of the concave recess by the action of a drive force, in particular for conveying a medium through the hose conveyor element.
  • the hose conveyor element when the hose conveyor element is subjected to a driving force, at least two opposing partial areas of the hose conveyor element are at least partially arranged in the concave recess, in particular to displace a medium located in the hose conveyor element.
  • the hose conveyor element is preferably deformable, in particular repeatably elastically deformable, in such a way that the hose conveyor element can be moved in the direction of the concave recess of the convex contact element for conveying a medium and, in particular, can at least partially be moved into it.
  • a dynamic delivery of a medium or a displacing delivery of a medium can thus advantageously be implemented.
  • efficient conveying of a medium can advantageously be realized as a result of clamping the hose conveying element.
  • a gentle clamping of a hose conveyor element can also be made possible in a structurally simple manner.
  • a curved clamping of the hose conveyor element can advantageously be made possible in order to preferably avoid loading in the edge regions of the hose conveyor element to keep a repetitive pinching caused during a promotion advantageously low.
  • the concave recess of the convex contact element viewed in a cross section running transversely to a conveying direction of the hose conveyor element, be delimited by three consecutive circular arc sections of the convex contact element arranged in a partial area of the convex contact element.
  • the partial area of the convex contact element is preferably arranged essentially in alignment with an effective area of a drive element of the drive unit, in which the drive element acts on the hose conveyor element to convey a medium by means of the hose conveyor element, in particular when the clamping device is in a state of a pumping device.
  • the convex contact element advantageously has a wave-shaped configuration, viewed in a cross section, at least in the partial area, wherein in particular a wave trough is arranged between two wave crests, which in particular forms the concave recess.
  • Two of the circular arc sections form in particular wave peaks and one of the circular arc sections forms a wave trough.
  • the cross-section particularly preferably runs in a plane that is at least substantially perpendicular to the conveying direction.
  • the circular arc sections of the rigid wall of the convex contact element preferably run in the plane that is at least substantially perpendicular to the conveying direction.
  • a gentle clamping of a hose conveyor element can also be made possible in a structurally simple manner.
  • a curved clamping of the hose conveyor element can advantageously be made possible in order to advantageously keep a load low in the edge regions of the hose conveyor element as a result of repetitive pinching caused during conveyance.
  • the clamping unit has at least the clamping element and at least one further clamping element which interacts with the clamping element and which delimits at least the concave recess into which at least one convex contact element of the Clamping element engages at least partially in an interconnected state of the clamping element and the further clamping element.
  • the clamping element and the further clamping element can preferably be fixed to one another for clamping the hose conveyor element, in particular in a connecting plane of the clamping unit.
  • the clamping device preferably comprises at least one fixing unit.
  • the fixation unit can have any design that appears sensible to a person skilled in the art, such as a design as a screw fixation unit, a clamp fixation unit, a bayonet fixation unit, or the like can be arranged.
  • the concave recess of the further clamping element preferably has at least one opening through which a drive element of the drive unit can act on the hose conveyor element arranged in the clamping unit.
  • the convex contact element preferably extends over the connecting plane in which the clamping element and the further clamping element are connected to one another, in particular into the concave recess of the further clamping element.
  • the clamping element and the further clamping element are preferably designed as clamping jaws.
  • clamping element and / or the further clamping element have a different configuration that appears sensible to a person skilled in the art.
  • a gentle clamping of a hose conveyor element can be made possible in a structurally simple manner.
  • a curved clamping of the hose conveyor element can advantageously be made possible in order to advantageously keep a load low in the edge regions of the hose conveyor element as a result of repetitive pinching caused during conveyance.
  • the clamping element preferably comprises at least one further angled clamping surface, in particular a further clamping surface angled relative to the connection plane.
  • the clamping surface is preferably formed in one piece with the convex contact element.
  • the further clamping surface is preferably designed in one piece with the convex contact element.
  • the clamping surface and the further clamping surface preferably enclose an angle which is in particular smaller than 180 ° and in particular greater than 45 °, preferably greater than 60 ° and particularly preferably greater than 90 °.
  • the clamping surface and the further clamping surface preferably enclose an angle which has a value between 180 ° and 100 °.
  • the clamping surface and the further clamping surface of the clamping element delimit the concave recess of the convex contact element.
  • the clamping element advantageously comprises at least one adhesive element which is arranged on the clamping surface.
  • the adhesive element can be designed as an extension, as a corrugated surface, as a roughened surface, as a hook, as an adhesive coating with a high coefficient of friction, as an adhesive coating or as another adhesive element that appears useful to a person skilled in the art and which is intended to exert an adhesive force on the hose conveyor element in a clamped state by means of the clamping unit on the hose conveyor element in order to counteract a movement of the hose conveyor element along the clamping surface, in particular transversely to the conveying direction.
  • the clamping element preferably comprises a further adhesive element which is arranged on the further clamping surface.
  • the further adhesive element has a configuration that is at least essentially analogous to the adhesive element.
  • a curved clamping of the hose conveyor element can be structurally enabled in order to advantageously keep a load in the edge regions of the hose conveyor element as a result of repetitive pinching caused during conveyance low.
  • a secure clamping of the hose conveyor element can advantageously be realized by means of the clamping unit.
  • the clamping unit have at least one clamping element and at least one further clamping element interacting with the clamping element, the clamping element and the further clamping element each having at least one angled clamping surface, in particular a clamping surface angled relative to the connection plane, which are designed to correspond to one another.
  • the further clamping element comprises at least one further angled clamping surface, in particular a further clamping surface angled relative to the connection plane.
  • the clamping surface and / or the further clamping surface of the further clamping element are / is preferably formed in one piece with the further clamping element.
  • the clamping surface and the further clamping surface of the further clamping element preferably form an angle one that is in particular smaller than 180 ° and in particular larger than 45 °, preferably larger than 60 ° and particularly preferably larger than 90 °.
  • the clamping surface and the further clamping surface of the further clamping element preferably enclose an angle which has a value between 180 ° and 100 °.
  • the further clamping element advantageously comprises at least one adhesive element which is arranged on the clamping surface of the further clamping element.
  • the adhesive element of the further clamping element can be designed as an extension, as a corrugated surface, as a roughened surface, as a hook, as an adhesive coating with a high coefficient of friction, as an adhesive coating or as another adhesive element that appears sensible to a person skilled in the art and is intended to provide an adhesive force on the hose conveyor element in a clamped state by means of the clamping unit in order to counteract a movement of the hose conveyor element along the clamping surface, in particular transversely to the conveying direction.
  • the further clamping element preferably comprises a further adhesive element which is arranged on the further clamping surface of the further clamping element.
  • the further adhesive element has a configuration that is at least essentially analogous to the adhesive element.
  • the hose conveyor element is arranged in a state clamped by means of the clamping unit between the clamping surface and the further clamping surface of the clamping element and between the clamping surface and the further clamping surface of the further clamping element.
  • the hose conveyor element preferably rests against the clamping surface and the further clamping surface of the clamping element as well as the clamping surface and the further clamping surface of the further clamping element.
  • At least the angled clamping surface of the further clamping element delimits at least one concave recess into which the hose conveyor element protrudes at least partially in at least one clamped state.
  • the clamping surface and / or the further clamping surface of the further clamping element delimit / delimit preferably the concave recess of the further clamping element, into which the hose conveyor element projects at least partially in at least one clamped state.
  • a conveyor device in particular a pump device, with at least one clamping device, with at least one hose conveyor element and with at least one drive unit for generating a drive force acting on the hose conveyor element
  • the conveyor device comprises a plurality of hose conveyor elements which can be clamped by means of the clamping device.
  • the clamping device can be provided to clamp a large number of hose conveying means in such a way that a drive force can be exerted on all clamped hose conveying elements by means of the drive unit, in particular by means of a drive element.
  • the hose conveyor element can preferably be driven by means of the drive unit in such a way that a medium can be conveyed according to a traveling wave principle (cf.
  • the drive unit can be used as a mechanical drive unit, as a magnetic drive unit, as a piezoelectric drive unit, as a hydraulic drive unit, as a pneumatic drive unit, as an electric drive unit, as a magnetorheological drive unit, as a carbon tube drive unit, as a combination of one of the named types of drive units or as another be designed as a drive unit that appears sensible to a person skilled in the art.
  • the drive unit preferably has at least one drive element which is provided to act on the hose conveyor element, in particular is provided to cause elastic deformation of the hose conveyor element as a result of the action of a driving force on the hose conveyor element.
  • the drive element can have any configurations that appear sensible to a person skilled in the art, such as, for example, a configuration as a tappet, as an extension, as a helix, as a cam, as a piezo element, as a Magnet, as an eccentric or the like.
  • the drive unit preferably comprises at least one electric motor unit, which is provided in particular to drive at least the drive element. However, it is also conceivable that the drive unit comprises another motor unit that appears sensible to a person skilled in the art, such as an internal combustion engine unit, a hybrid motor unit or the like.
  • the conveyor device preferably has at least one housing unit on which the clamping device can be arranged, in particular can be arranged exchangeably, is.
  • the drive unit is preferably designed as a helical drive unit or as an eccentric drive unit.
  • a "helical drive unit” is to be understood here in particular as a drive unit which has at least one helical drive element which is provided in particular for the action of a drive force, in particular a direct action of a drive force, on the hose conveyor element.
  • the drive unit has a different configuration that appears sensible to a person skilled in the art, such as, for example, a configuration as a paternoster drive unit, a ring gear drive unit or the like.
  • a “paternoster drive unit” is to be understood here in particular as a drive unit that has at least one force-acting element which is drivable in particular for an action of a drive force, in particular a direct action of a drive force, on the hose conveyor element in a circulating drive, wherein in particular the force-acting element is at least substantially parallel to a plane of rotation, in particular in the area where a drive force acts on the hose conveyor element Circumferential plane in which the force acting element can be driven in a circulating operation extends.
  • a “cup disk drive unit” is to be understood here in particular as a drive unit which has at least one drive element which is arranged in particular for the action of a drive force, in particular a direct action of a drive force, on the hose conveyor element on a rotatably drivable plate element, with the drive element in particular extends at least substantially parallel to an axis of rotation of the plate element for an action of a driving force on the hose conveyor element.
  • the drive unit preferably comprises at least one drive element designed as a helix or at least one drive element designed as an eccentric.
  • the drive element is preferably provided to act directly on the hose conveyor element.
  • at least one further element or further elements is / are arranged between the drive element and the hose conveyor element, such as, for example, a friction-reducing element, a bearing element, a protection element that is used to protect an outer surface of the hose conveyor element as a result of the action of the drive element the hose conveyor element, is provided, or the like.
  • the drive element can have one or more helical elements, for example, a circular segment-like cross-section, a wave-like cross-section, in particular a wave-like cross-section with at least two wave crests and a wave trough. wherein the wave crests can have the same or different maximum heights.
  • the helical element (s) can be formed from a resiliently elastic material or from the same material as a base body of the drive element. Further configurations of the drive element that appear sensible to a person skilled in the art are also conceivable.
  • At least one drive axis of the drive unit advantageously runs at least substantially parallel to the conveying direction of the hose conveying element, in particular a conveying direction in the conveying space.
  • a rotation axis of the drive element designed as a helix or as an eccentric which forms the drive axis of the drive unit, runs at least substantially parallel to the conveying direction in the conveying chamber.
  • An axis of rotation of a rotor element of the electric motor unit of the drive unit preferably runs at least essentially parallel to the conveying direction in the conveying space.
  • the axis of rotation of the rotor element of the electric motor unit preferably forms a further drive axis, which runs at least substantially parallel to the conveying direction in the conveying space.
  • the pumping device preferably comprises at least one delivery means storage unit for storing a medium, in particular a fluid, which can be delivered by means of the hose delivery element.
  • a “conveyor storage unit” is to be understood here in particular as a unit which has at least one storage space in which a medium, in particular a fluid, can be stored.
  • a volume of the storage space of the conveying means storage unit is at least greater than a volume of the conveying space.
  • the conveyor storage unit is preferably designed like a tank.
  • the conveying means storage unit can be designed as a carpule, an ampoule, a cartridge or the like.
  • the conveying means storage unit is preferably fluidically connected to the conveying space.
  • An outlet of the conveying means storage unit is preferably connected, in particular fluid-tight, to the conveying space inlet of the conveying space by means of at least one channel of the conveying device, in particular the hose conveying element.
  • a medium stored in the storage space of the conveying means storage unit can thus advantageously be conveyed out of the storage space by means of an interaction of the hose conveyor element.
  • the pump device is preferably intended for use in the medical field. However, it is also conceivable that the pump device is intended for use in other areas, such as in a food area, in a chemical area, in a pharmaceutical area, in particular for batch-compliant use, in a vivarium area (aquarium, etc.), in a household machine area , in a dental hygiene area or the like.
  • an efficient conveyance of a medium can advantageously be realized as a result of clamping the hose conveying element.
  • the clamping unit have at least the clamping element and at least one further clamping element which interacts with the clamping element and which delimits at least one concave recess in which at least the drive element of the drive unit engages at least partially to act as a driving force on the hose conveyor element.
  • a drive element of the drive unit designed as a helix preferably engages at least partially in the concave recess of the further clamping element.
  • the conveying device according to the invention should not be restricted to the application and embodiment described above.
  • inventive Conveying device to perform a functionality described herein have a number of individual elements, components and units as well as method steps that differ from a number mentioned herein.
  • values lying within the stated limits should also be deemed disclosed and can be used as desired.
  • Figure 1 shows a conveyor device 12 with at least one clamping device 10 and with at least one drive unit 20 for generating a drive force which acts on at least one hose conveyor element 16, 18 of the conveyor device 12.
  • the delivery device 12 is designed as a pump device, in particular as a hose pump device.
  • the conveyor device 12 is in the in Figure 1
  • the illustrated embodiment is shown without a housing unit of the conveyor device 12 for a better understanding.
  • the housing unit of the conveying device 12 can have any configurations that appear reasonable to a person skilled in the art.
  • the housing unit is provided in a manner known to a person skilled in the art to at least partially enclose and / or store components of the conveying device 12.
  • the illustrated embodiment shows a base plate 64 of the conveyor device 12 on which the housing unit can be fixed.
  • the conveying device 12 comprises at least one control and / or regulating unit 56 which has a configuration already known to a person skilled in the art.
  • the drive unit 20 is designed as a helical drive unit or as an eccentric drive unit.
  • At least one drive axis 58 of a drive element 26 of the drive unit 20 runs at least substantially parallel to a conveying direction 22, 24 of at least one hose conveyor element 16, 18 of the conveyor device 12, in particular at least substantially parallel to a conveyor direction 22, 24 through at least one conveyor chamber of the hose conveyor element 16, 18.
  • the drive element 26 is designed as a drive coil or as an eccentric shaft ( Figure 2 ).
  • the drive element 26 can be rotated in the housing unit (not here shown in more detail) of the conveyor device 12 or mounted on the base plate 64.
  • the drive axis 58 is designed as the axis of rotation of the drive element 26.
  • the drive element 26 is provided to elastically deflect and / or deform the at least one hose conveyor element 16, 18 in order to convey a medium, in particular when the hose conveyor element 16, 18 is clamped by means of a clamping unit 14 of the clamping device 10.
  • the hose conveyor element 16, 18 is designed to be elastically deformable.
  • the drive element 26 is provided to generate a traveling wave movement of the hose conveyor element 16, 18 along a longitudinal axis of the hose conveyor element 16, 18.
  • the drive element 26 acts directly on the hose conveyor element 16, 18 or that an exciter element (not shown here) of the conveyor device 12 or the like is arranged between the drive element 26 and the hose conveyor element 16, 18, on which the drive element 26 acts directly, wherein the exciter element transmits an action of driving forces to the hose conveyor element 16, 18, which at least partially rests on the exciter element.
  • the drive element 26 are distributed in the in Figure 1 illustrated embodiment, two clamping units 14 of the clamping device 10 are arranged.
  • the clamping device 10 comprises a plurality of clamping units 14 other than one or two, which are provided to clamp at least one hose conveyor element 16, 18 each.
  • all of the clamping units 14 of the clamping device 10 have an at least substantially analogous design.
  • the drive unit 20 comprises at least one motor unit 60 for a movement, in particular a rotation, of the drive element 26.
  • the motor unit 60 is designed as an electric motor unit. However, it is also conceivable that the motor unit 60 has another configuration that appears sensible to a person skilled in the art, such as, for example, a configuration as an internal combustion engine unit, as a hybrid motor unit or the like
  • the gear unit of the conveyor device 12 or by means of at least one gearwheel element of the conveyor device 12 can be connected to a rotor shaft 62 of the motor unit 60.
  • the rotor shaft 62 has an axis of rotation which runs at least substantially parallel, in particular coaxially, to the drive axis 58 of the drive element 26.
  • the conveying device 12 comprises at least one conveying medium storage unit (not shown in detail here) for storing a medium to be conveyed, wherein the conveyor storage unit is connected at least to the hose conveyor element 16, 18 for conveying the medium.
  • FIG 3 shows a sectional view of the clamping device 10.
  • the clamping device 10 for the conveyor device 12 comprises at least one clamping unit 14 for clamping the at least one hose conveyor element 16, 18 of the conveyor device 12 in the at least one state arranged in the clamping unit 14 by means of the drive unit 20 of the conveyor device 12 a driving force for conveying a medium can be exerted.
  • the clamping unit 14 is provided to clamp the hose conveyor element 16, 18 as a whole, in a curved manner, viewed in a cross section running transversely to the conveying direction 22, 24 of the hose conveyor element 16, 18.
  • the hose conveyor element 16, 18 clamped by means of the clamping unit 14 is shown in a conveyor-free state of the hose conveyor element 16, 18.
  • the clamping unit 14 is preferably provided to clamp the hose conveyor element 16, 18 as a whole, viewed in a cross-section running transversely to the conveying direction 22, 24 of the hose conveyor element 16, 18, at least essentially in an arc shape, with in particular opposing inner wall regions of the hose conveyor element 16, 18 against one another issue.
  • the hose conveyor element 16, 18, in a state clamped by means of the clamping unit 14 has an arcuate shape at least in a central region of the hose conveyor element 16, 18, with edge regions of the hose conveyor element 16, 18 adjoining the central region, in which in particular at least more than 50% a total extent of the inner wall of the hose conveyor element 16, 18 bear against one another, extending from the central region tangentially away from the central region.
  • the hose conveyor element 16, 18 is preferred as a result of being clamped in the clamping unit 14, viewed in a cross section running transversely to a conveying direction 22, 24 of the hose conveyor element 16, 18, starting from a circular shape (cf. Figure 4 ) into a curved, especially arched, shape transferred, in the inner wall areas of the hose conveyor element 16, 18 at least partially bear against one another (cf. Figure 3 ).
  • the clamping unit 14 has at least one clamping element 28, 30, in particular designed differently from the drive element 26 of the drive unit 20, which comprises a convex contact element 32 which forms a contact surface for the hose conveyor element 16, 18.
  • the convex contact element 32 has a concave recess 34 at least in a partial area of the convex contact element 32.
  • the concave recess 34 of the convex contact element 32 viewed in a cross section running transversely to the conveying direction 22, 24 of the hose conveyor element 16, 18, is delimited by three consecutive circular arc sections 36, 38, 40 of the convex contact element 32 arranged in a partial area of the convex contact element 32 .
  • the clamping unit 14 has at least the clamping element 28, 30 and at least one further clamping element 42, 44 which interacts with the clamping element 28, 30 and which delimits at least one concave recess 46 into which at least the convex contact element 32 of the clamping element 28, 30 is combined connected state of the clamping element 28, 30 and the further clamping element 42, 44 at least partially engages.
  • the further clamping element 42, 44 delimits at least the concave recess 46, in which at least the drive element 26 of the drive unit 20 at least partially engages in order to apply a drive force to the hose conveyor element 16, 18.
  • the clamping element 28, 30 and the further clamping element 42, 44 can preferably be fixed to one another for clamping the hose conveyor element 16, 18, in particular in a connecting plane 68 of the clamping unit 14.
  • the clamping device 10 preferably comprises at least one fixing unit 66 ( Figures 1 , 5 and 6 ).
  • the fixing unit 66 can have any design that appears sensible to a person skilled in the art, such as a design as a screw fixing unit, a clamping fixing unit, a bayonet fixing unit or the like.
  • the hose conveyor element 16, 18 is at least partially in a clamped state by means of the convex contact element 32 concave recess 46 of the further clamping element 42, 44 can be arranged.
  • the concave recess 46 further The clamping element 42, 44 preferably has at least one opening 82, through which the drive element 26 of the drive unit 20 can act on the hose conveyor element 16, 18 arranged in the clamping unit 14.
  • the convex contact element 32 preferably extends over the connecting plane 68 in which the clamping element 28, 30 and the further clamping element 42, 44 are connected to one another, in particular into the concave recess 46 of the further clamping element 42, 44.
  • the clamping element 28, 30 and the further clamping element 42, 44 are preferably designed as clamping jaws. However, it is also conceivable that the clamping element 28, 30 and / or the further clamping element 42, 44 have a different configuration that appears sensible to a person skilled in the art.
  • the clamping element 28, 30 has at least one angled clamping surface 48, in particular a clamping surface 48 angled relative to the connecting plane 68.
  • the clamping element 28, 30 preferably comprises at least one further angled clamping surface 50, in particular a further clamping surface 50 angled relative to the connecting plane 68 48 of the clamping element 28, 30 is preferably formed in one piece with the convex contact element 32.
  • the further clamping surface 50 of the clamping element 28, 30 is preferably formed in one piece with the convex contact element 32.
  • the clamping surface 48 and the further clamping surface 50 of the clamping element 28, 30 preferably enclose an angle that is in particular smaller than 180 ° and larger than 45 °.
  • the clamping element 28, 30 advantageously comprises at least one adhesive element 70, which is arranged on the clamping surface 48 of the clamping element 28, 30 ( Figures 4 to 6 ).
  • the adhesive element 70 is provided to exert an adhesive force on the hose conveyor element 16, 18 in a state clamped by means of the clamping unit 14 on the hose conveyor element 16, 18 in order to permit movement of the hose conveyor element 16, 18 along the clamping surface 48, in particular transversely to the conveying direction 22, 24 to counteract.
  • the clamping element 28, 30 preferably comprises a further adhesive element 72 which is arranged on the further clamping surface 50 of the clamping element 28, 30.
  • the further adhesive element 72 has a configuration that is at least essentially analogous to the adhesive element 70.
  • the clamping element 28, 30 preferably has a plurality of adhesive elements 70 and further adhesive elements 72 on the Clamping surface 48 and on the further clamping surface 50 of the clamping element 28, 30 are arranged.
  • the clamping unit 14 has at least the clamping element 28, 30 and at least the further clamping element 42, 44 cooperating with the clamping element 28, 30, the clamping element 28, 30 and the further clamping element 42, 44 each having at least one angled clamping surface 48, 50, 52 , 54, which are designed to correspond to one another.
  • the further clamping element 42, 44 comprises at least one angled clamping surface 52, in particular a clamping surface 52 angled relative to the connecting plane 68.
  • the further clamping element 42, 44 comprises at least one further angled clamping surface 54, in particular a further clamping surface 54 angled relative to the connecting plane 68 52 and / or the further clamping surface 54 of the further clamping element 42, 44 are / is preferably formed in one piece with the further clamping element 42, 44.
  • the clamping surface 52 and the further clamping surface 54 of the further clamping element 42, 44 preferably enclose an angle which is smaller than 180 ° and larger than 45 °.
  • the angled clamping surface 52 and / or the further angled clamping surface 54 of the further clamping element 42, 44 delimit / delimit at least the concave recess 46 of the further clamping element 42, 44 into which the hose conveyor element 16, 18 protrudes at least partially in at least one clamped state.
  • the further clamping element 42, 44 advantageously comprises at least one adhesive element 74, which is arranged on the clamping surface 52 of the further clamping element 42, 44 ( Figures 4 to 6 ).
  • the adhesive element 74 is intended to exert an adhesive force on the hose conveyor element 16, 18 in a state clamped by means of the clamping unit 14 on the hose conveyor element 16, 18 in order to permit movement of the hose conveyor element 16, 18 along the clamping surface 52, in particular transversely to the conveying direction 22, 24 to counteract.
  • the further clamping element 42, 44 preferably comprises a further adhesive element 76 which is arranged on the further clamping surface 54 of the further clamping element 42, 44.
  • the further adhesive element 76 has a configuration that is at least essentially analogous to the adhesive element 74.
  • the hose conveyor element 16, 18 is arranged between the clamping surface 48 and the further clamping surface 50 of the clamping element 28, 30 as well as the clamping surface 52 and the further clamping surface 54 of the further clamping element 42, 44 in a clamped state by the clamping unit 14.
  • the hose conveyor element 16, 18 In a clamped state by means of the clamping unit 14, the hose conveyor element 16, 18 preferably rests against the clamping surface 48 and the further clamping surface 50 of the clamping element 28, 30 as well as the clamping surface 52 and the further clamping surface 54 of the further clamping element 42, 44.
  • the clamping element 28, 30 comprises at least one inlet opening 78, by means of which the hose conveyor element 16, 18 can be guided from one side of the clamping element 28, 30 to another side of the clamping element 28, 30 on which the convex contact element 32 is arranged.
  • the clamping element 28, 30 comprises at least one discharge opening 80, by means of which the hose conveyor element 16, 18 from the side of the clamping element 28, 30, on which the convex contact element 32 is arranged, to the other side of the clamping element 28, 30, the convex contact element 32 is feasible.
  • the hose conveyor element 16, 18 can be arranged on the clamping unit 14 in such a way that at least a partial area of the hose conveyor element 16, 18 can be arranged free from the action of a driving force, in particular to connect the hose conveyor element 16, 18 to, for example, a Dosing unit, an output unit, the conveyor storage unit or the like.
  • the convex contact element 32 is arranged between the inlet opening 78 and the outlet opening 80, viewed along the conveying direction 22, 24 of the hose conveyor element 16, 18.
  • the inlet opening 78, viewed along the conveying direction 22, 24 of the hose conveying element 16, 18, is preferably arranged in front of the convex contact element 32.
  • the discharge opening 80 is preferably arranged after the convex contact element 32, viewed along the conveying direction 22, 24 of the hose conveying element 16, 18.
  • a reverse arrangement of the inlet opening 78 and the outlet opening 80 is also conceivable.

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