Systems and methods related to fluid splash containment
AssigneeTBK Products LLC
InventorsTRENT R. NELSON, GARET K. GALSTER, TOM STEWART
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Abstract
Systems and methods for containing fluid splash include using a fluid flow spaced from a vessel and/or fluid surface to effectively trap materials from a fluid stream flowing through the fluid flow. The fluid flow creates a spray envelope in connection with the fluid surface and/or vessel and substantially prevents droplets of the fluid stream from exiting the vessel. The fluid flow is created by allowing a supply fluid to flow through a nozzle oriented to cast a spray pattern into the vessel and/or into contact with the fluid surface. The fluid flow may be selectively activated and deactivated and/or be automatically (e.g., light or motion) activated and deactivated.
Claims13
A method comprising the steps of:
- supporting a first nozzle relative to a waste receptacle, the first nozzle configured to direct a first laminar flow of a liquid received from a liquid supply into the waste receptacle, the first laminar flow comprising an at least partial dome of the liquid and having an open-air side and an opposed waste receptacle side;
- selectively activating a first flow valve to direct the first laminar flow out of the nozzle and into the waste receptacle;
- directing a first fluid stream through the first laminar flow from the open-air side;
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- using the first laminar flow, disrupting travel of fluid droplets comprising fluid from the first fluid stream on the waste receptacle side to the open-air side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.