ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,026, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Graco Minnesota Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Sanitary clamp for diaphragm pump covers" was invented by Mark S. Emery (Minneapolis), Bradley H. Hines (Andover, Minn.), Benjamin J. Paar (Minneapolis), Kyle J. Treiber (Watertown, Minn.) and Alex A. Doerr (Eagan, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamp for sanitary pumps includes a tensioning assembly mounted on a ring. The tensioning assembly includes an adjustment assembly that interfaces with first and second brackets disposed at first and second ends of the ring. The adjustment assembly includes a nut that interfaces with a rod at a threaded inter...