Emergency Eye Wash System
AssigneeEncon Safety Products
InventorsRobert James Johnson, David G. Key, Kenneth J. Buras, Troy A. Della Fiora, Jim R. Dulaney
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Abstract
An emergency eye wash system having a support panel and a pair of brackets for holding two bag assemblies containing sterile and sealed eye wash solution. The bag assemblies are connected by hoses to a pair of nozzles mounted on a pivotal tray assembly. When the system is dormant, the tray assembly is in a vertical closed position. When there is an emergency, a user pulls on a pivotal handle to puncture membranes in the hoses and to lower the tray assembly to cause flow from the bags to the nozzles to the user's face.
Claims27
A kit for use in storing and dispensing eye wash fluid in an eye wash station comprising:
- an eye wash fluid storage element;
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- a movable structure defining a flow path for dispensing the eye wash fluid from the storage element:
- the flow path being closed to fluid flow when the movable structure is in a first position and being opened by movement of the movable structure to a second position to enable the eye wash fluid to flow from the storage element through the flow path.
An eyewash bag assembly comprising:
- a bag structured and dimensioned to provide an essentially constant flow of eyewash fluid when the bag is disposed in an eyewash system at a rate of at least about three quarters of a liter per minute during a fifteen minute period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.