Patent ID: 9127801
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: B01L,F16N

Abstract:
1. A drip containment apparatus, comprising: a ceramic body having a glazed exterior surface defining an external profile and an unglazed interior surface defining a cavity therein, and an aperture defining an opening from the exterior surface to the interior surface, the aperture and interior surface adapted to receive therein a distal portion of a funnel and to support the funnel so that residual fluid inside the funnel will tend to drip into the interior of the ceramic body and be absorbed into the ceramic body but not leak through the glazed exterior surface; a support structure adapted to support the ceramic body and funnel when the distal portion of the funnel is received in the aperture and interior surface of the ceramic body, the support structure having a hole therein with one or more sides sized and shaped to supportably engage the external profile of the ceramic body.