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COVERED EYEWASH FOUNTAIN

  • US 3,599,251 A
  • Filed: 06/06/1969
  • Issued: 08/17/1971
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/1969
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An eyewash fountain or the like, comprising a bowl defining a chamber having a nozzle therein through which an eye-bathing flow of water can be discharged and having also an outlet for waste, a supply conduit connected with said nozzle and having a valve therealong provided with an operating stem selectively movable between valve-closed and valve-open positions to enable said valve to control the flow of water to said nozzle, a closure cover supported for movement relative to said bowl between chamber-covering and chamber-uncovering positions and being substantially coextensive in area with said bowl and perimetrically engageable therewith in its chamber-covering position to completely close said chamber and cover said nozzle therein, and operating mechanism interconnecting said valve stem and cover so as to move the same concurrently between such closed, chamber-covering and open, chamber-uncovering positions and including a manually operable lever connected directly with said stem for manipulating said valve and equipped with a handhold for convenient hand operation.

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