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Washing facility

  • US 5,819,335 A
  • Filed: 07/12/1996
  • Issued: 10/13/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/04/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A washing facility comprising:

  • a water receptacle having an upper rim, a bottom, and opposed front and rear walls extending down from the rim to the bottom, said walls having inner surfaces facing into the receptacle,the front wall having a receptacle outlet extending therethrough adjacent to the bottom thereof,the rear wall having a receptacle inlet extending therethrough adjacent to the rim, said inlet having an inner edge facing into the receptacle,the bottom having a slope that declines from the rear wall to the outlet and that lies in a first vertical plane passing through the inlet and the outlet,means including the front wall for obscuring the outlet from the view of a person positioned in front of the front wall looking along a line of sight extending down to the receptacle from a point above the receptacle immediately adjacent to but in front of a second vertical plane containing the rim of the front wall;

    means for forcing water through the inlet past and in contact with the inner edge so that the water ejects from the inlet into the receptacle in a smooth, laminar stream that arcs forwardly and downwardly along the first vertical plane in spaced relation to the rear wall, that strikes said slope and flushes the same toward the outlet, and that is in the view of such a person positioned in front of the front wall and having said line of sight,wherein the front and rear walls are planar and substantially vertical,wherein the receptacle has an intermediate wall including the bottom and extending downwardly and inwardly from the rim to the bottom, andwherein the intermediate wall is joined to the front and rear walls,wherein the receptacle is a sink, andwherein the intermediate wall including the bottom has a continuously smooth curvature radially spaced from a substantially horizontal axis above the receptacle.

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