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US 6,892,907 B2Granted
Condensate drip pan decontaminant device
OwnerTheodore Sherwood Varneyinventor
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Abstract
A device for holding and dispensing a fluid for decontaminating a condensate drip pan of an air conditioner includes: (a) a vessel at one end of the device for holding the fluid; and (b) at least one fluid line having a first end inserted in a lower end of the vessel, and an opposite, lower, second end inserted in the drip or drain pan; (c) a flow control device on the fluid line for controlling a rate of fluid drip from the fluid line into the drip or drain pan; and (d) a drip chamber in the fluid line.
Claims9
A device for holding and dispensing an antimicrobial fluid for decontaminating a condensate drip or drain pan, the device comprising:
- (a) a vessel at one end of the device for holding the fluid;
- (b) at least one fluid line having a first end inserted in a lower end of the vessel, and an opposite, lower, second end inserted in the condensate drip or drain pan;
- (c) a flow control device on the fluid line for controlling a rate of fluid drip from the fluid line into the condensate drip or drain pan;
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- (d) a drip chamber in the fluid line;
- wherein the fluid line is comprised of two sections of flexible, medical tubing, and a lower end portion of a second one of the tubing sections extends through a cylindrical drain pan sleeve into the condensate drip or drain pan, the drain pan sleeve being attached to a side of the condensate drip or drain pan.
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