Fluid handling – Processes – Cleaning – repairing – or assembling
Patent
1993-01-07
1994-04-05
Chambers, A. Michael
Fluid handling
Processes
Cleaning, repairing, or assembling
137312, 137357, F16L 500
Patent
active
052995917
ABSTRACT:
A device for collecting fluid accumulating above a suspended ceiling. The invention comprising a receptacle for collecting the fluid, a hose for redirecting the fluid and a connection means to couple the receptacle and hose and to operative engagement with one another. The receptacle is formed from a contiguous wall forming an interior well portion and terminating in a drain. The upper portion of the receptacle is bounded by a rim. A flange portion is associated with at least two opposing sides of the receptacle. The receptacle is installed on the grid structure of a suspended ceiling by first removing a removable ceiling tile from the grid structure and placing the inventive receptacle into operative engagement with the grid structure. The flange rests on the platform of the grid structure provided for support of the ceiling tiles. An optional safety member can be attached to the rim of the receptacle and engage the grid structure to prevent the inadvertent withdrawal of the receptacle from its installed position. In use, fluid entering the receptacle is allowed to travel along the inwardly and downwardly directed contours of the walls forming the interior of the well allowing the fluid to exit the receptacle via the drain. A fluid conduit connected to the drain redirects the fluid in a fashion selected by the user.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4245666 (1981-01-01), Norris
patent: 4633899 (1987-01-01), Lord
patent: 5172718 (1992-12-01), Thornburgh
Chambers A. Michael
Wascher Rick R.
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