Battery operated eyewash system

• US 4,641,384 A
• Filed: 02/14/1986
• Issued: 02/10/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Maddak Incorporated (ATS Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Maddak Incorporated (ATS Corp.)
• Inventors: Landsberger, David, Broeils, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Artis, Henry K.
• Application Number:
  US06/829,627
• Time in Patent Office: 361 Days
• Field of Search: 4/619, 4/620, 4/615, 4/624, 4/625, 4/661, 239/332, 239/333, 239/24, 239/25, 239/28, 239/29, 239/543, 239/590.3, 239/30, 239/29.3, 128/66, 604/296, 604/294, 604/297, 604/301, 604/302
• US Class Current: 4/620
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 35/02 for the eyes

Abstract

A battery operated eyewash system is disclosed which includes a liquid spraying device operable by rechargeable batteries through a spring loaded slideable switch, in combination with a hood secured to the liquid spraying device. The liquid spraying device further includes a nozzle which extends in an opening in the front of the hood for spraying liquid into the eye or eyes of a user when the user positions the face in the opening. The slideable switch is operable through a switch actuating mechanism having an operating knob extending through the front of the hood so as to be readily accessible to the user.

Claims

1. A battery operated eyewash system of the type including liquid spraying means having a tank containing a liquid and a rechargeable battery operated pump arranged with the tank, whereby operation of the pump through a switch sprays the liquid through a nozzle, characterized by:

a rigid hood secured in front of the liquid spraying means, with the nozzle thereof extending in an opening in the front of the hood;

actuating means for actuating the switch to operate the pump for spraying liquid through the nozzle;

manually operable means for operating the actuating means extending in the front of the hood; and

the hood opening in the front of the hood accepting the face of a user, whereby the user positions the eyes for receiving the liquid sprayed through the nozzle when the switch actuating means is manually operated through the operating means to operate the pump to spray the liquid through the nozzle.

2. A system as described by claim 1, characterized by:

the liquid spraying device including a planar surface disposed behind the hood, and the switch being disposed on said planar surface and being actuable thereon for operating the pump; and

;

the switch actuating means being disposed on the planar surface in cooperative relation with the switch, and operated by the manual operable means for operating the pump.

3. A system as described by claim 2, wherein the switch actuating means is characterized by:

a first spacer fixed to the planar surface;

a second spacer in spaced relation to the first spacer and displaceable along the length of the planar surface, and having an edge adjacent the switch;

a block disposed between the first and second spacers and coupled to the manually operable means for being displaced thereby substantially normal to the length of the planar surface; and

the block and first and second spacers arranged so that displacement of the block by the manually operable means displaces the second spacer to operate the switch.

4. A system as described by claim 3, further characterized by:

the switch being spring loaded and initially in a first position whereby the pump is in an "off" condition; and

the manually operable means being operated for displacing the block in one direction, whereby the second spacer is displaced along the length of the planar surface in one direction to operate the switch to a second position for rendering the pump in an "on" condition, and being operated for displacing the block in an opposite direction whereby the second spacer is displaced along the length of the planar surface in an opposite direction with the switch returning to the first position.

5. A system as described by claim 3, further characterized by:

the first and second spacers having tracks;

the block having a pair of rails, each of which is received by a corresponding spacer track; and

the block rails riding on the spacer tracks when the block is displaced by the manually operable means.

6. A system as described by claim 3, wherein the manually operable means for operating the actuating means is characterized by:

a shaft having one end secured to the block and having an opposite end extending in the front of the hood; and

a knob secured to the opposite end of the shaft.

7. A battery operated eyewash system characterized by:

a tank for containing the liquid;

a rechargeable battery operated pump arranged with the tank and disposed in a housing secured to the tank;

liquid conduit means coupled to the pump and including a spray nozzle;

a switch associated with the pump and arranged on the pump housing for operating the pump to pump liquid from the tank through the liquid conduit means and the spray nozzle;

a rigid hood secured to the pump housing so as to be in front of said housing and tank;

the hood having an opening in the front thereof, and the spray nozzle extending in said opening;

actuating means arranged on the pump housing and arranged with the switch to operate the pump;

manually operable means extending in the front of the hood for operating the actuating means; and

the hood opening accepting the face of a user, whereby the user positions the eyes for receiving the liquid sprayed through the nozzle when the switch actuating means is manually operated through the operating means to operate the pump to spray liquid through the nozzle.