Multi-functional and transportable wash station

• US 6,253,394 B1
• Filed: 06/30/1997
• Issued: 07/03/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Goyette Mechanical Co.
• Original Assignee: Goyette Mechanical Co.
• Inventors: Goyette, Dominic T., Burke, Carl M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Fetsuga, Robert M.
• Application Number:
  US08/885,824
• Time in Patent Office: 1,464 Days
• Field of Search: 451/6, 461/9, 462/4, 462/5, 462/6, 463/0, 463/8, 465/3
• US Class Current: 4/626
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 1/02 Portable toilet tables; Wash cabinets or stands for automobiles B60R; for railway cars B61D; for ships B63B; for aircraft B64D; connected to waste pipe E03C
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/01 for combinations of baths, showers, sinks, wash-basins, closets, urinals, or the like combinations of baths, douches, or the like, A47K4/00; cell-like units for special technical purposes E04B1/34869; panels adapted for locating conduits E04C2/52; ducts for installation lines E04F17/08

Abstract

A multi-functional and transportable wash station for use in an industrial facility, the facility having overhead extending pressurized water supply lines and waste water drainage lines. The wash station includes a body with a polygonal shaped base and a superstructure extending upwardly from the base. An inlet supply line extends from the body and is operatively connected to a selected water supply line of the facility. A selected number of both potable and non-potable water supply sources, such as faucet and sink stations, faucet and hose connections, drinking fountains and emergency shower stations are provided at specified locations of the wash station and are in communication with the inlet supply line. An electric power input is provided to the wash station and operates such features as a sewage ejection pump, a water heater and a water chiller. Drainage lines within the wash station collect dirty water from the potable and non-potable sources into a common outlet waste line extending from the station body and effluent the dirty water to a selected waste water drainage line within the facility.

Claims

1. A multi-functional and transportable wash station for use in an industrial facility, the facility having pressurized water supply lines and waste water drainage lines, said wash station comprising in combination:

a body having a polygonal shaped base and a superstructure extending upwardly from said base;

an inlet supply line extending from said body to which a selected one of the pressurized water supply lines of the facility is capable of being connected;

at least one potable water supply communicating with said inlet supply line and being issued at a first location from said body;

at least one non-potable water supply communicating with said inlet supply line and being issued at a second location from said body;

drainage lines within said body which collect dirty water from said potable and non-portable water supplies, an outlet waste line in communication with said drainage lines and extending from said body and to which a selected one of the waste water drainage lines of the facility is capable of being connected; and

a first and a second elongate extending member secured to an underside of said base, said elongate extending members each having a downwardly facing substantially “

U”

shape in cross section and extending in spaced apart and parallel fashion such that said elongate members are capable of receiving inserting portions of a conventional hydraulic operated fork lift.

2. The multi-functional and transportable wash station as described in claim 1, further comprising a power input means supplied to said body, a sewage ejection pump located along said outlet waste line and powered by said input means to propel waste water from said body and through the waste water drainage line.

3. The multi-functional and transportable wash station as described in claim 2, further comprising an electrically powered water heater operatively connected to said power input means and providing heated water to at least one of said non-potable water supplies.

4. The multi-functional and transportable wash station as described in claim 2, further comprising water chiller means operatively connected to said power input means and providing chilled water to at least one of said potable water supplies.

5. The multi-functional and transportable wash station as described in claim 1, further comprising a waste tank formed within said polygonal shaped base and in communication with said drainage lines and said outlet waste line.

6. The multi-functional and transportable wash station as described in claim 5, further comprising a lid hingedly connected to a selected upper surface of said base and being rotated upwardly to reveal an open interior accessing said waste tank.

7. The multi-functional and transportable wash station as described in claim 6, further comprising a particulate filter basket suspended within said open interior accessing said waste tank.

8. The multi-functional and transportable wash station as described in claim 1, said at least one potable water supply further comprising a water fountain.

9. The multi-functional and transportable wash station as described in claim 1, said at least one non-potable water supply further comprising a faucet with hot and cold running water, a sink being formed within a selected upper surface of said base and communicating with a selected one of said drainage lines.

10. The multi-functional and transportable wash station as described in claim 1, said at least one non-potable water supply further comprising a faucet with hot and cold running water, a running length of hose being connected to said faucet at a first selected end and a second selected end capable of being unwound to a remote location.

11. A multi-functional and transportable wash station for use in an industrial facility, the facility having pressurized water supply lines and waste water drainage lines, said wash station comprising:

a body having a polygonal shaped base and a superstructure extending upwardly from said base;

an inlet supply line extending from said body to which a selected one of the pressurized water supply lines of the facility is capable of being connected;

at least one potable water supply communicating with said inlet supply line and being issued at a first location from said body;

at least one non-potable water supply communicating with said inlet supply line and being issued at a second location from said body, said at least one non-potable water supply further including an emergency shower station, a shower head being mounted to an end of a feed line a horizontally spaced distance from an upper location of said superstructure, a pull chain being in pivotal operative communication with a flow valve located within said feed line and, upon being pulled, capable of activating said emergency shower; and

drainage lines within said body which collect dirty water from said potable and non-potable water supplies, an outlet waste line in communication with said drainage lines and extending from said body and to which a selected one of the waste water drainage lines of the facility is capable of being connected.