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CONTAINER FOR WASHER OR AUTOCLAVE

  • US 20100278689A1
  • Filed: 06/30/2008
  • Published: 11/04/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A container component for enabling cleaning of articles located within the container component by fluid flow through the component, comprising a base, the base having perforations provided over substantially the entire area where the articles are in use located and through which the cleaning fluid can flow, the perforations in the base being defined by perforation walls, each of the walls in vertical cross section having a narrow top, widening in a downwards direction to a maximum width and then narrowing again to a narrow bottom, the maximum width being less than the distance from the top to the bottom, wherein the perforation walls include longitudinal perforation walls extending in a first direction and transverse perforation walls extending in a different second direction so that the longitudinal and transverse perforation walls meet at intersections defining corners of the perforations, and wherein the internal corners are smoothly rounded so that there is no sharp internal angle formed where the longitudinal and transverse perforation walls meet.

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