Patent ID: 7278177
Filing Date: 2007-10-09
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
1. A self-contained eye wash station for dispensing a flushing fluid, comprising: a base unit having a front, rear, two opposite sides, a top and a bottom, said front, rear, sides, top and bottom defining a base unit interior, said base unit top having two front apertures formed therein, said front apertures opening onto the base unit front, said front apertures being positioned off-center toward each of the base unit sides, said base unit top having two secondary apertures, each secondary aperture being positioned behind a front aperture toward the base unit rear; two rigid rectangular containers each container having a top, a bottom, a front, a rear, and two opposite sides, said top bottom, front, rear and sides defining a reservoir container interior, each said container adapted to being filled with said flushing fluid, wherein said rigid container nests and lock into a said base unit secondary recess, wherein said base unit supports said rigid containers at a fixed height; a spray nozzle connected to each rigid container via a flexible tube; and a pivoting manifold having a top, a bottom pivotally connected to said base unit front, two opposite sides, an exterior surface and an interior surface, said pivoting manifold having an “open” and a “closed” position, said manifold interior surface being defined as that surface facing the base unit front when the manifold is in a closed position, wherein said spray nozzles lock into snap fixtures on the manifold; wherein each reservoir container bottom has a vacuum chamber attached thereto, each reservoir container bottom resting on the base unit top with the vacuum chamber fitted into a base unit front aperture, each said vacuum chamber having a top, a bottom, a front, a rear, and two opposite sides, said top, bottom, front, rear and sides defining a vacuum chamber interior, each vacuum chamber being formed into two separate compartments, a forward compartment and a rear compartment, each said vacuum chamber rear compartment being engaged with the reservoir container interior through a second reservoir container bottom opening, said second opening being in fluid engagement with the vacuum chamber rear compartment through the top of the vacuum chamber rear compartment, said vacuum chamber forward compartment and rear compartment being in fluid engagement through a fluid engagement tube located in the vacuum chamber interior adjacent the vacuum chamber bottom, said vacuum chamber forward compartment having a vent opening formed on the vacuum chamber front near to the vacuum chamber top, said forward compartment having a fluid opening at a junction of the vacuum chamber front and bottom; wherein the vacuum chamber forward compartment fluid opening is in fluid engagement with a said spray nozzle by means of an interconnecting tube; wherein the manifold interior surface has two vent covers adapted for releasable engagement with the vacuum chamber forward compartment vent openings and attached to manifold points adjacent to a spray nozzle near to a manifold side.