Waste fluid receptacle
OwnerLance Whyteinventor
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Abstract
A waste fluid receptacle for receiving engine oil, transmission fluids, coolants, hydraulic fluids, and other service fluids normally employed in motor vehicles, is mounted on a support secured beneath a service vehicle and is movable between retracted and extended positions. In the extended mode, the receptacle may be positioned beneath an engine or engine accessory sump on a vehicle or other piece of equipment to be serviced and in such position, may receive fluids drained therefrom during periodic service. An appropriate reservoir may be selectively coupled to said receptacle to receive for subsequent disposal the waste fluids collected initially in the receptacle.
Claims13
A waste fluid drain assembly mountable on and selectively manipulated for extension and retraction relative to a service vehicle for selective alignment beneath a fluid reservoir in a vehicle to be serviced, said assembly comprising a waste fluid receptacle, vehicle engagable support means for mounting said assembly on a service vehicle in underlying depending relationship therefrom, and selectively extensible and retractable positioning means engaged between said fluid receptacle and said support means for selectively adjusting the position of the receptacle relative to the support means between a stored position beneath an assembly mounting service vehicle and an extended portion wherein the receptacle is located remote from the service vehicle in alignment beneath a fluid reservoir of a vehicle to be serviced, whereby waste fluid can be drained from a fluid reservoir and into said receptacle.
A fluid drain system in combination with a service vehicle for draining waste fluid from a fluid reservoir in a vehicle to be serviced comprising a waste fluid receptacle, said service vehicle, support means mounting said receptacle on said service vehicle in underlying dependent relationship therefrom, and selectively extensible and retractable positioning means engaged between said support means and said receptacle for selectively adjusting the position of the receptacle relative to the sevice vehicle between a stored position beneath the service vehicle and an extended position wherein the receptacle is located remote from the service vehicle and beneath and in alignment with a fluid reservoir of the vehicle to be serviced, whereby waste fluid can be drained from a fluid reservoir of a vehicle to be serviced and into said receptacle.
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