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US 6,319,481 B1Granted
Sterilization container
OwnerPercival C. Banksinventor
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Abstract
A sterilization container having off-set vents in the lid and floor where the floor vents are disposed in slopping areas of the floor that are above a fluid collection area.
Claims11
In a sterilization container having a body formed by a floor, two side walls and two end walls which define a volume for receiving a sterilant and into which a sterilization tray can be disposed, and also having a lid which, when secured to the body, encloses the volume, the improvement comprising:
- a vent centrally located in the lid through which sterilant can pass;
- the body floor having sloping portions adjacent the end walls;
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- vents located in said sloping portions of the floor.
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A sterilization container comprising in combination;
- a body formed by a floor, two side walls and two end walls wherein said floor includes a sloping portion extending from each end wall and connecting to a central collection portion therebetween and therebelow;
- a lid securable to said body;
- a lid vent centrally located in said lid;
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- a floor vent located in each of said sloping portions and not aligned with said lid vent when said lid is secured to said body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.