Drain tray apparatus
OwnerDaryl C. Leaseinventor
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Abstract
A drain tray apparatus (10) for collecting coolant and other fluids from an internal combustion engine including a pan (11) and tubular handle (12) is described. The pan includes a pump (15) which is used to receive coolant or other fluid from the pan and convey the fluid through the handle (12) to a hose (19) for recycling the fluid to a radiator for the engine or for disposing of the fluid down a drain. In the preferred form the pump is electrical so that it can be connected to a battery for starting the internal combustion engine.
Claims15
An improved drain tray apparatus adapted for collecting coolant or other liquids from an internal combustion engine or radiator and for recycling the liquid to the engine or radiator or disposing of the liquid which comprises:
- (a) a pan having a bottom and sides which is adapted to be positionable beneath the internal combustion engine or radiator so as to collect liquids which flow from the engine or radiator and having a low section in the bottom of the pan in which the liquid collects;
- (b) an elongate handle pivotably attached to the pan at one end of the handle and extending from the pan and with a pair of spaced apart hand grips so as to be usable in a standing position to move the pan beneath the internal combustion engine or radiator;
- (c) a pump mounted in the low section of the pan so as to produce a flow of the collected liquid from the pan into an inlet of the pump and through an outlet from the pump;
- (d) a conduit leading from the outlet of the pump between the handle and the grips and through a flexible hose extending away from one of the hand grips, wherein liquid is drained into the pan from the engine or radiator and then recycled into the engine or radiator through the conduit or disposed of through the conduit by activating the pump.
An improved tray apparatus adapted for collecting liquid coolant or other liquids from an internal combustion engine or radiator for recycling the liquid to the engine or disposing of the liquid which comprises:
- (a) a pan having a bottom and sides which is adapted to be positionable beneath the internal combustion engine or radiator so as to collect the liquid which flows from the engine or radiator and having a low section in the bottom of the pan in which the liquid collects;
- (b) an elongate handle pivotably attached to the pan and extending from the pan and with a pair of spaced apart grips so as to be usable in a standing position to move the pan beneath the internal combustion engine or radiator, wherein the elongate handle is attached to one of the sides of the pan and comprises two pipes which are joined together in a center section, are spaced apart in a Y at one end which attaches to the pan and which have spaced apart sections forming the grips at the opposite end;
- (c) an electrically powered pump mounted in the low section of the pan so as to produce a flow of the liquid from the pan into an inlet of the pump and through an outlet from the pump;
- (d) a first hose leading from the grip of one pipe of the handle;
- (e) a second hose between the outlet of the pump and the one of the pipes, wherein the liquid flows from the pan into the pump through the second hose into the one pipe and out the first hose and is recycled to the engine or radiator or disposed of through the first hose by electrically activating the pump;
- (f) wheels mounted beneath the bottom portion of the pan;
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- (g) an electrical switch mounted on the handle which activates the pump.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.