Autoclave base and shelf
OwnerJerry Sullivan, Eric Heiberg +2inventors
InventorsJerry Sullivan, Eric Heiberg, Chui Ho Pak, Gary Port
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Abstract
A support base for a front-loading sterilizer includes a retractable shelf for staging items to be loaded into the sterilizer, and for drying and cooling items that are removed from the sterilizer. The retractable shelf includes a holding element characterized by periodically-spaced lateral troughs and crests. Items to be dried may be positioned on the crests so that ambient air may flow below the items for drying and condensate may drain into the troughs. The drying element may be fixed to or removable from the holding element. The support base may optionally and integrally include chassis members of the sterilizer.
Claims47
A sterilizer support base, the support base comprising:
- a base housing, said base housing having a top surface for receiving and supporting a sterilizer unit, and left and right support members respectively and downwardly attached from the top surface, wherein the top surface and the left and right support members define a cavity in said base housing;
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- a holding shelf, said holding shelf being slidably mounted within the cavity in said base housing.
A retractable work surface for positioning in proximity to a sterilizer unit, the work surface comprising a plurality of lateral troughs alternatively spaced among a plurality of lateral crests, the plurality of lateral crests being arranged to hold items placed on the work surface in an elevated position above the plurality of troughs.
A sterilizer unit comprising a retractable work surface, the work surface including a plurality of lateral troughs alternatively spaced among a plurality of lateral crests, the plurality of lateral crests being arranged to hold items placed on the holding surface in an elevated position above the plurality of troughs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.