Needle disposal system
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1. A needle disposal system comprising:
- p1 an assembly to e hand held, the assembly having at least two sequentially-arranged components in the form ofa first cap having an aperture, anda head unit having a passage extending therethrough, the head unit being formed as a cylinder and havingtop and bottom spaced plates in which aligned apertures are respectively provided to define the passage anda trigger mechanism movable between the top and bottom spaced plates and said trigger mechanism having a passageway alignable with the aligned apertures, the aperture of the first cap and the aligned apertures of the head unit being in alignment when assembled together, the passageway of the trigger mechanism being biased to a first position out-of-alignment with said aperture of the first cap and aligned apertures of the head unit and movable to a position in alignment with said aperture of the first cap and aligned apertures of the head unit.
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Abstract
A needle disposal system comprises a hand held assembly of three components, namely a disposable container (10) having an inlet in its top face, a head unit (12) securable over the container (10) and a first cap (16) securable over the head unit (12). The head unit has an aperture alignable with the inlet and through which used needles (18) can be fed into the container (10) for non-returnable passage therefrom. The first cap (16) has an aperture (22) alignable with the aperture of the head unit. The cap (16) has an inverted skirt (32) extending outwardly and upwardly to act as a protective shroud to protect a hand when holding the assembly during a needle inserting operation.
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1. A needle disposal system comprising:
- p1 an assembly to e hand held, the assembly having at least two sequentially-arranged components in the form of
a first cap having an aperture, and a head unit having a passage extending therethrough, the head unit being formed as a cylinder and having top and bottom spaced plates in which aligned apertures are respectively provided to define the passage and a trigger mechanism movable between the top and bottom spaced plates and said trigger mechanism having a passageway alignable with the aligned apertures, the aperture of the first cap and the aligned apertures of the head unit being in alignment when assembled together, the passageway of the trigger mechanism being biased to a first position out-of-alignment with said aperture of the first cap and aligned apertures of the head unit and movable to a position in alignment with said aperture of the first cap and aligned apertures of the head unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
- p1 an assembly to e hand held, the assembly having at least two sequentially-arranged components in the form of
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