US Patent Issued to SRM on Nov. 3 for "Combination mounting fitting and tri clamp for releasable sanitary tube connections" (Missouri Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,889, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SRM LLC (Springfield, Mo.).

"Combination mounting fitting and tri clamp for releasable sanitary tube connections" was invented by James E. Craig (New Hartford, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combination mounting fitting and clamp for releasable sanitary tube connections may be attached to a tank, vessel, piping or other sanitary process equipment requiring low deadspace (low profile)/cleanable design. The clamp has plural hinged-together segments and a tightening sub-assembly that, in normal operation, maintains the clamp captive to the mounting fitting by means of geometry and restricted r...