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Self contained eye wash fountain

  • US 4,881,283 A
  • Filed: 09/09/1988
  • Issued: 11/21/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A self-contained emergency eye wash fountain for siting without connection to a remote source of eye wash liquid, said fountain comprising:

  • a fountain base including at least one liquid discharge orifice and a reservoir for holding a supply of eye wash liquid, said reservoir being positioned above said orifice, said base further including a flow channel means connecting said reservoir and said orifice;

    at least two separate tanks each containing eye wash liquid supported by sad base and independently removable from said base, each tank having a mouth adjacent its lower end extending into said reservoir, the mouth of each tank being the only opening of that tank, the mouth of one tank being disposed above the level of the other tank, each of said tanks having a bottom wall and a neck dependent from the bottom wall and terminating in said mouth, the neck of said one tank being shorter than the neck of the other tank; and

    means for blocking and unblocking the flow of the eye wash liquid from said reservoir t said orifice whereby with said means permitting the flow, said one tank drains before said other tank and the level of the eye wash fluid in said reservoir drops from a higher level to a lower level when said one tank has drained.

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