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US 6,659,587 B2Granted
Waste fluid collection container
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsRichard H. Berg, Robert J. Tannascoli, Donald M. Stevens
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Abstract
A waste fluid collection container, which includes a tray having a floor defined by a periphery, where the floor has a plurality of raised flow enhancing areas and a fluid absorbing member that sits inside the tray. In embodiments, the raised areas are elongated ridges extending outwardly from a central area. In other embodiments, the raised areas are a plurality of studs.
Claims19
A container, comprising:
- a floor;
- a central, substantially flat area;
- a plurality of raised ridges extending upwardly from the floor and substantially linearly outward from the central area;
- a fluid absorbing member situated on said floor.
1 more element
A container, comprising:
- a floor;
- a plurality of cylindrical protrusions extending upwardly from said floor;
- a fluid absorbing member situated on said floor.
A waste fluid collection container, comprising:
- a plurality of flow enhancing raised areas, each area having the same height and width;
- a floor integral with and supporting the plurality of raised areas;
- a central substantially flat area of the floor from which the plurality of areas substantially radially project;
- a fluid absorbing member located within the container, the absorbing member shaped to fit the area of the floor and having a hole located such that when the pad is in place in the container, the hole is approximately centered over the central area;
- a wall located along said periphery and attached to and surrounding the floor.
2 more elements
An ink collection container comprising:
- a plurality of flow enhancing raised areas;
- a floor integral with and supporting the plurality of raised areas;
- a fluid absorbing member situated on the floor, the absorbing member having a hole therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.