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(11) EP 0 295 963 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
17.01.1990 Bulletin 1990/03

(43) Date of publication A2:
21.12.1988 Bulletin 1988/51

(21) Application number: 88305586.5

(22) Date of filing: 20.06.1988
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4A61H 33/04
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 19.06.1987 US 64918

(71) Applicant: McKESSON CORPORATION
San Francisco California 94104 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Fiorentino, Frank S.
    Thousand Oaks California 91360 (US)
  • Patton, Douglas M.
    Irvine California 92714 (US)

(74) Representative: Bayliss, Geoffrey Cyril et al
BOULT, WADE & TENNANT 27 Furnival Street
London EC4A 1PQ
London EC4A 1PQ (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Eye wash station


    (57) The disclosure relates to an eye wash station in which a basin housing (12) has an eye wash feed tank (14) above it and a liquid collection tank (16) below it all formed in polyethylene and mounted on runners (18). The basin is supported on a vertical base member (22) on said runners to pivot between an un-activated upright position and a horizontal operative position and spray nozzles (28a) on the basin connected to the feed tank to provide an upwardly directed eye wash spray when the basin is horizontal. Eye wash collecting in the basin is delivered through an outlet (40) to an aligned inlet (16a) in the collection tank. The arrangement is particularly suitable for use as an emergency eye wash station for use by workers in flushing harmful material from their eyes.







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