Patent ID: 7401621

Claim:
A dispenser sump adapted for placement beneath a fluid handling component, comprising: a containment structure, the containment structure including a bottom wall structure and at least one sidewall structure, the bottom and the at least one sidewall structures cooperating to define an internal cavity within the containment structure capable of holding a fluid, the sidewall structure further defining a drip opening opposite the bottom wall structure, the drip opening defining a predetermined drip area for receiving fluid drippage, the drip opening being adapted for placement beneath a footprint of a fluid handling component; a passageway extending into space defined by the containment structure and exiting adjacent to the drip area defined by the drip opening, the passageway being isolated from the internal cavity and adapted to receive and direct auxiliary communications lines beneath the footprint of a fluid handling component; wherein the passageway is formed by a recess in at least one sidewall of the containment structure that extends vertically from a position below the drip opening into the drip opening, and wherein the recess forming the passageway includes a vertically extending open side extending to an exterior of the containment structure.