Drain Pan Or Drip Pan Patents (Class 220/571)
  • Patent number: 11808664
    Abstract: The moisture-detecting water source shutoff device may allow a user to detect the intrusion of water into an interior space where it is not desired, contain the water intrusion, automatically shut off the supply of water to the affected area, and emit an audio or visual alarm to a user of the system. The moisture-detecting water source shutoff device may specifically comprise a drip tray that may contain the water intrusion and prevent damage to the surrounding area, a plurality of sensors within the drip tray to detect the water intrusion, a plurality of shutoff valves that may be closed by the sensors detecting an intrusion, and the ability of a user to manually start, stop, and reset the valves. The device may further comprise a mechanism that allows the user to drain the drip tray without removing the appliance, and a wireless connectivity to the user's smart phone and home security system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Corey Ryhorski
  • Patent number: 11585568
    Abstract: A drainage mechanism is connected to a drain pump that sucks water from a drain pan. The drainage mechanism includes a connecting part that connects to the drain pump, a first flow path, a folded part, and a second flow path. The first flow path extends upward from the connecting part. The folded part has a first end connected to an upper end of the first flow path and a second end on a side opposite to the first end. The folded part changes a direction of the water flowing therein from upward to downward. The second flow path extends from the second end. The second flow path is a pipe that has an inner diameter of 13 mm or less. The flow path area of the folded part is larger than the flow path area of the second flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keita Kitagawa, Hiromune Matsuoka, Akihiro Eguchi, Yoshito Matsuda, Tarou Yasumatsu, Takayoshi Yamamoto, Tsunehisa Sanagi, Seisuke Itou
  • Patent number: 11547227
    Abstract: A salad/produce storage assembly for storing and maintaining the quality of salad/produce. The assembly includes a bowl member having a bottom wall and an annular sidewall extending upwardly from the bottom wall and terminating at an upper edge portion. The assembly also includes an insert member having a bottom surface and a generally dome shaped, impervious upper surface that drains liquid received thereon downwardly and outwardly toward an annular peripheral portion of the insert. The insert member is insertable into the bowl member in overlying relationship with the bowl member bottom relationship with the bowl member annular sidewall. The bottom wall and a lower portion of the bowl member annular sidewall and the insert member bottom surface define a bowl liquid reservoir. Moisture draining from the dome shaped impervious upper surface of the insert member drains into the liquid reservoir where it remains separated from the salad/produce so it does not wick back into the salad/produce.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventors: Tammy L. Pass, Dwayne A. Pass
  • Patent number: 11092375
    Abstract: A food storage system includes a plurality of bowls, a connection element configured to couple to at least two of the bowls, and a protection element configured to couple to the connection element. When two bowls are nested and coupled to the connection element, a void is formed between the two nested bowls and a refrigeration element is positionable in the void to maintain a predefined internal temperature in the food storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Inventor: Robin Benbow
  • Patent number: 11079136
    Abstract: A condensation management manifold includes a first portion having a first elongated channel comprising a first condensate flow channel. A second portion of the manifold has second elongated channel comprising a second condensate flow channel. The second portion is configured to nest at least partially within the first portion such that a first surface of a flexible condensate management film is fluidically coupled to the first flow channel and an oppositely oriented second surface of the condensate management film is fluidically coupled to the second flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Steven P. Swanson, Kurt J. Halverson, Caleb T. Nelson
  • Patent number: 10343824
    Abstract: A tamper evident closure includes a first snap, a second snap, a tear strip connected to the second snap, and a first projection extending around three sides of the first snap. In a closed position, the second snap is positioned in a cavity of the first snap, and the first projection surrounds three sides of the second snap that is positioned in the cavity of the first snap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Lindar Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel K. Fosse
  • Patent number: 10125916
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a container. The container includes one or more sidewalls and a base portion coupled to the one or more sidewalls, the base portion including at least one recess disposed in a bottom surface of the base portion, the at least one recess having a depth less than the thickness of the base portion. The apparatus also includes a platform. The platform includes a recess disposed in a top surface of the platform and having a depth less than the thickness of the platform, the recess dimensioned to receive at least the base portion. The platform includes at least one projection projecting from a recessed top surface within the recess disposed in the top surface of the platform. The at least one recess disposed in the bottom surface of the base portion is dimensioned to receive, and at least partially interlock with, the at least one projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Inventor: James Stanley Rogers
  • Patent number: 10029846
    Abstract: A molded plastic drum configured to hold wire. The drum includes a plastic interior cone. The cone can include ribs or other similar structure to simulate an outer cylindrical shape (or any other desired shape) to wrap the wire around. The cone is integrally formed with the rest of the container. The drum includes windows to determine the amount of wire in the drum. The drum can also include drain holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: ORBIS Corporation
    Inventor: Jason R. Frankenberg
  • Patent number: 9801503
    Abstract: A personal hygiene container system; the system provides a raised cylindrical housing having a separator and draining fence for storing personal hygiene utensils. The housing includes a removable lid and a fluid drain hole to allow excess moisture or fluids to safely flow away from the internal chamber of the housing. A draining tray is also provided to receive any excess liquid that may escape through the drain hole. The personal hygiene container system is useful for retaining personal utensils in a clean storage environment that helps prevent the buildup of mold and other bacteria, as well as preventing unsanitary airborne particles from accumulating on said hygiene utensils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Inventor: Dustin Burk
  • Patent number: 9739522
    Abstract: A device is provided for lifting condensates. The device includes a container in which condensates are collected and a lift pump for discharging the condensates present in the container. The container is covered on at least one portion of the submerged inner walls thereof with a biocidal surface treatment and contains at least one wire element made from a bactericidal metal material. The wire element has a diameter of between 0.01 mm and 1 mm and a length chosen in such a way as to provide a contact surface greater than the surface area of the container in contact with the condensates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: SAUERMANN INDUSTRIE SA
    Inventors: Antoine David Chauvin, Olivier De Gea, Jean-Pierre Chenard
  • Patent number: 9051118
    Abstract: Disclosed is natural gas or oil chemical injection system that includes at least one of a stand for a chemical storage tank, and a cover for a containment/spillage tank positioned under the chemical storage tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: John I. Jacobson
    Inventor: John I. Jacobson
  • Patent number: 9016509
    Abstract: A drip tray and base assembly for a beverage dispensing apparatus is disclosed. The drip tray and base assembly includes a base for supporting an urn in spaced apart relation above a support surface, such as a counter. The base typically has side walls and a top wall. A drip tray is provided for laying adjacent the base. The drip tray typically has an upper grill-like surface for receiving a cup, container or other receptacle thereon, as well as side walls and a floor. At least one of the side walls of the drip tray is configured with a drain extension for draining fluids accumulating on the floor of the drip tray. A coupling member with walls adapted to removably couple with the base is provided. Furthermore, a coupling member includes walls for removably and fluid sealingly coupling with the drip tray extension and with a drain line so as to carry fluid accumulating on the floor of the drip tray through the drip tray drain extension into a drain line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Schroeder Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: David Santy, Deborah Absalon
  • Publication number: 20150108139
    Abstract: A an intermodal container comprising: a first post; a second post; a third post; a fourth post; a floor drain hole located in one of the posts; an outlet drain hole located in one of the posts; a floor attached to the first, second, third, and fourth posts, the floor comprising: a front floor beam; a first side floor beam; a second side floor beam; a rear floor beam; a floor grating permanently attached to the top surface of at least two of the floor beams; at least one floor plate permanently attached to the bottom sides of the front, first side, second side, and rear floor beams, the beams and at least one floor plate forming a floor container, and the floor drain hole in fluid communication with the floor container, and generally at the same elevation as the interior of the floor container, and the outlet drain hole located at an elevation below the floor drain hole and the floor container, the floor container in fluid communication with the interior of the post with the floor drain hole and also in fluid
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: MOBILE SHELTER SYSTEMS AS
    Inventors: Eirik Skeid, Jonas Dovik
  • Publication number: 20150014325
    Abstract: A portable spill containment system that includes at least one grate that supports a container. The grate includes a plurality of drain holes. The portable spill containment system also includes a flexible bag that contains leakage from the container that passes through the drain holes of the grate. The portable spill containment system also includes a plurality of pedestals that support the at least one grate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Applicant: ENPAC, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Lawrence Stanek, Jay Wiley, Robert Heintz, Scott Janda, Timothy Reed
  • Patent number: 8893917
    Abstract: An overflow pan for a water heater utilizing recycled material for cost and material efficiency. The overflow pan includes a bottom, a sidewall with an outlet for water drainage therefrom as is standard, a U-shaped lip and a plurality of ribs spaced therearound. The pan bottom includes an exterior surface having a series of regular hexagon shapes, each comprising a concave web for material reduction while retaining integrity and durability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Camco Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Russell, David M. Krawiec
  • Publication number: 20140332189
    Abstract: A fan coil unit is provided including a cabinet formed from a plurality of panels. A fan assembly is configured to circulate air through the cabinet. A heat exchanger assembly is positioned within the cabinet. The heat exchanger assembly includes at least one heat exchanger coil arranged in a heat transfer relationship with the air circulating through the cabinet. An inner surface of at least one of the plurality of panels is partially lined with an elastomeric foam insulation so that the air circulating through the cabinet does not contact the portion of the at least one panel lined with the elastomeric foam insulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: James Amick, Alice R. Walker, Kevin Mercer, Frank J. David, Merle D. Sears, Shafi N. Khan, Barry W. Lee, Christine Cantwell
  • Publication number: 20140326685
    Abstract: A spill containment assembly for containing fluids, such as battery acid, leaked or spilled from one or more devices stored on a storage rack and thereby prevent contamination of surrounding areas. The spill containment assembly includes a series of wall segments coupled together and a series of adjustable clips for coupling the wall segments to the storage rack. The series of wall segments together define a perimeter of a spill containment chamber for containing the fluids leaked from the one or more devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventor: DOUGLAS FRAZIER
  • Patent number: 8875933
    Abstract: A drainable container system for a vehicle includes a container having an exterior surface and defining an interior cavity configured for storing a fluid, and a drain hole configured for draining the fluid from the cavity. The hole has a central longitudinal axis that is substantially perpendicular to the surface. The system includes a drain plug, wherein the plug is insertable into the hole along the axis into a locked position so that the fluid does not drain, and removable from the hole along the axis when disposed in an unlocked position so that the fluid drains. The system includes a locking element configured for preventing rotation of the plug within the hole about the axis when the plug is disposed in the locked position, wherein the element is formed from a metal that is substantially elastic at a temperature of from about ?40° C. to about 10° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Leonard Barry Griffiths, Roxann M. Bittner, David R. Staley
  • Patent number: 8875932
    Abstract: A front load refuse container made according to this invention has its four walls integrally formed out of a single piece of sheet metal. To form the walls, the single sheet is welded along a single vertical seam to form a circular-shaped ring. The circular-shaped ring is subjected to a swaging process that produces a rectangular-shaped ring with rounded corners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Inventor: J. Daniel Hankey
  • Patent number: 8833594
    Abstract: A tray for transporting and displaying baked products is disclosed. The tray can be stacked in a 0° and 180° stacking configuration. The trays further include substantially non-glossy, non-smooth surfaces that allow stickers to be more easily removed, as well as drain channels in the base to facilitate removal of water following washing. The trays further include a scalloped handle on one side of the tray only to allow operators to more easily recognize which side of the tray they are facing. A tray retrieval tool can be used with several hook areas to facilitate retrieval of the trays following washing in high temperature water, or following stacking and storage. The trays further include spacers and spacer holes to place the spacers so that different types of baked products can be accommodated without damaging or destroying the baked product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Orbis Canada Limited
    Inventor: Edward L. Stahl
  • Publication number: 20140246441
    Abstract: Collapsible fluid containment berms with collapsible sidewalls are disclosed. Support brackets including sidewall support arms may be rotated from lowered positions in which the sidewall is collapsed to raised positions in which the sidewall is generally vertical. The sidewall support arms may be contained in a pocket formed between inner and outer sidewall panels. The support brackets may include bottom legs connected to the rotatable sidewall support arms. The bottom legs may extend generally horizontally outwardly and/or inwardly from the sidewall, and may be contained in sleeves attached to a floor and/or an external skirt of the containment berm. A control strap connected to the sidewall support arms may be used to move the arms between their collapsed positions and their raised positions. A flexible control strap may be pulled to rotate the sidewall support arms around an axis such that the sidewall support arms slide within the sidewall pocket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Inventors: Robert J. Starr, Matthew A. Romito, Mark S. Woytowich, Dane R. Jackson
  • Patent number: 8800591
    Abstract: Battery spill containment trays, battery spill containment systems, and methods of battery spill containment are provided. A spill containment system includes a tray mountable on a rack and including a support surface for supporting a device thereon; and an absorbent member removably installed on the tray below the support surface and configured to absorb a spilled substance of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Environmental Compliance Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Douglas Frazier
  • Publication number: 20140158697
    Abstract: A drain pan for a water heater is provided. The drain pan includes a plurality of leveling legs mounted to a pan body. The plurality of leveling legs is selectively adjustable in order to arrange the drain pan in a level configuration. By arranging the drain pan in the level configuration, a water heater supported on the drain pan can be leveled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ronald Scott Tarr, Victor Alexandrovich Khramov, Rance Kyndall Pritchard
  • Patent number: 8740006
    Abstract: A portable drip containment device comprises a tray formed of fuel and chemical resistant fabric. Side walls of the tray are supported by removable bolster segments formed of resilient open cell foam members enclosed within sleeves. The bolster segments are wrapped within a flap of material extending from under the side wall of the tray and around the bolster segments to secure them to the side walls. The outer edge or end of the flap is secured to the side wall. The bolstered side walls may be repeatedly driven across by industrial vehicles without harming the bolster or side wall. The modular bolster segments may be removed and easily stacked, and the tray folded and rolled into a compact modular form, for transport, storage, and reuse of the portable containment tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Matson Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Matson
  • Patent number: 8714397
    Abstract: A frame assembly for anchoring a containment box with a top opening in a surrounding driveway surface and for removably attaching one of a plurality of different product dispensers to the containment box. The frame assembly includes an anchor frame attached to the top opening of the containment box wherein the anchor frame is configured to be removably attached to any one of a plurality of different dispenser frames and a dispenser frame removably attached to the anchor frame, the dispenser frame including a plurality of frame walls having a frame area larger than an area of the top opening of the containment box such that the frame walls define an offset opening adjacent to the top opening of the containment box, wherein the dispenser frame is adapted to be mounted to one of the plurality of different product dispensers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: S. Bravo Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Sergio M. Bravo, Don K. Mukai
  • Patent number: 8667979
    Abstract: A battery rack system and method are provided including a battery rack for holding a plurality of batteries. Further included is a liner-equipped containment system connected to the battery rack. The containment system is adapted for containing leaks or spills from the batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Environmental Compliance Solutions, LLC
    Inventor: Douglas Frazier
  • Patent number: 8668089
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a crate (2) of a system of crates, in particular for transporting fresh fish, which has an opening (16) on the top side, and wherein the edge area as well as the base area of the opening on the top side are designed in such a manner that the base area on the edge of the opening on the top side is laterally and positively placed on an identical crate; thus the crates can be stacked on top of each other such that the upper crate can be inserted into the lower crate, rotated about a vertical axis by 180°, and thus the empty boxes can be stacked into one another (180° stack-nest crate), and said crate is thereby characterized in that the edge area (10) of the opening on the top side is designed, at least in terms of area, in a channel shape and has at least one first through hole (30) which is located on the outer side at the bottom of the crate wall adjacent to the edge area, and in that the base of the crate features a second through hole (30) so that liquid can drain out of the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: “Deutsche See” GmbH
    Inventors: André Feldmann, Arne Schultchen
  • Patent number: 8646609
    Abstract: An oil collection tray includes a flange and a tray body which is inclined inward. The tray body has an inner wall which is inclined inward. The tray body has a plurality of spaced vertical recesses formed on an outer wall thereof and a plurality of protruding ribs formed on the inner wall thereof corresponding in position to the vertical recesses. When a number of oil collection trays are piled up, the tray body of the upper oil collection tray is placed into the tray body of the lower oil collection tray. The tray body of the upper oil collection tray extrudes the air O inside the tray body of the lower oil collection tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Inventor: Mei-Miao Chen
  • Patent number: 8640869
    Abstract: A transport and storage container for liquids, with a plastic inner container, an outer jacket, as well as a pedestal resembling a pallet, which is equipped to be handled by stacker trucks, stacker cranes, or similar transport devices. The pedestal exhibits a floor for bracing the inner container and a base frame with support feet. The floor exhibits a supporting surface for the inner container and a bearing edge, which is separated from the supporting surface by a floor barrier, and arranged between a lower edge of the outer jacket and the base frame. The lower edge of the outer jacket is frictionally connected to the base frame at least at one junction by a bonding device that acts on the base frame via the bearing edge. The floor barrier exhibits a lowered barrier in the area of the junction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Protechna S.A.
    Inventor: Udo Schütz
  • Patent number: 8616251
    Abstract: A cup for draining residual fuel from a breakaway hose coupling. The cup features a substantially cylindrical rigid stem extending upward from the floor of the cup reservoir, said stem featuring a cavity for receiving the pin of a breakaway hose valve. When the stem is pressed against the valve pin, the valve is opened, relieving pressure within the hose and releasing residual fuel within the hose. The residual fuel drains directly from the hose into the cup, facilitating safe and convenient disposal of the fuel, which may be poured using an integral pour spout in the cup rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Husky Corporation
    Inventors: Grenville G. Sutcliffe, John C. Sever
  • Patent number: 8613373
    Abstract: A tubing tray is provided for use with a pipe mat tray for receiving, organizing and storing drill pipe tripped out of a drill string on a drilling rig, the tubing tray having a planar bottom member, an orthogonal sidewall extending upwardly from the perimeter of the bottom member to form a basin for receiving the pipe mat, a chamfered sidewall extending upwardly and outwardly from the sidewall to provide clearance for a tool joint on a drill pipe placed on the pipe mat, and a handle extending around a top edge of the chamfered sidewall, the handle having a downwardly extending lip forming a finder hold thereunder. The tray can further include spikes extending downwardly from a lower surface of the bottom member, and a slot disposed through opposing lips of the handle allowing two or more tubing trays to be fastened together in a side by side configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Inventors: Quinn A. J. Holtby, Dallas Laird Greenwood
  • Publication number: 20130320023
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tray-shaped packaging for food comprising a bottom and a circumferential margin. The bottom comprises at least one collecting section and at least one supporting section, wherein the support section comprises a plurality of elevations for carrying a product, and wherein the collecting section at least in a certain area has a greater depth relative to the margin of packaging than the support section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Multivac Sepp Haggenmuller GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Patricia A. Chee, Ronald W. Nelson
  • Patent number: 8596490
    Abstract: A tray in accordance with the present disclosure includes a floor and a side wall arranged to extend along a perimeter edge of the floor. The floor and the side wall cooperate to form a product-storage region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Berry Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan P. Davidson, Gail S. Becke, Jeffrey C. Minnette
  • Publication number: 20130313263
    Abstract: Self Draining Salad Bowl in the present invention and its' function includes a bowl member, a cover member and a receptacle member. When salads are placed in the bowl a convex dome at the base of the bowl member helps to elevate the salad to separate fluids and then gravity further assists releasing all liquids to drip down towards the base of the bowl where several draining holes are situated. All excess liquids from salads will drain onto a receptacle member placed under the bowl, and thus the contents in the bowl will stay crispy and will not become soggy and not wasted. These features will maintain the salad's original fresh, delicious taste; the drained liquid in the receptacle may be saved, reused or disposed. The bowl may be covered, then kept in the refrigerator, to maintain the salad fresh for longer periods of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventor: Nader Kuroush Parsia
  • Patent number: 8590559
    Abstract: A leak detector assembly uses fluid collected from a leaking conduit to automatically prohibit flow. The assembly includes a housing having a bottom, a top and a perimeter wall extending between the bottom and the top. A basin is coupled to the top of the housing. A drain opening is positioned in the basin. A collection pan is positioned below the drain opening to collect fluids passed through the drain opening from the basin. An electrical circuit is coupled to the collection pan. A sponge is coupled to the collection pan positioned over and contacting spaced contacts whereby the sponge completes the electrical circuit when the sponge becomes wet. A stop valve is coupled to a fluid conduit providing fluid to a position over the basin. The stop valve is operationally coupled to the electrical circuit whereby the stop valve closes upon the electrical circuit being completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Inventor: Ezequiel Gutierrez
  • Publication number: 20130276471
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance is provided with a drain pan mounted below a condenser of the refrigerator appliance. The drain pan includes features such as a channel for directing air through the drain pan. The channel can, e.g., increase the efficiency of the condenser and/or promote evaporation of liquid contained within the drain pan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Martin Nicholas Austin, Stephanos Kyriacou, Justin Berger
  • Patent number: 8561761
    Abstract: The oil pan arrangement of a motor vehicle has an oil pan in particular for a gearbox as well as an oil drain plug for closing a drain opening of the oil pan. On an exterior side of the oil pan, at least one rotation stop for the oil drain plug is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Mann+Hummel GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Jessberger, Helge Krempels
  • Patent number: 8517202
    Abstract: A kit for displaying beverages, includes a first corrugated fiberboard for supporting a bin within a cavity of the first corrugated fiberboard. A second corrugated fiberboard displays at least one of words, images, and shapes, and is capable of being removably mounted to the first corrugated fiberboard. A third corrugated fiberboard supports the articles placed in the bin, and inserts within the cavity of the first corrugated fiberboard. A fourth corrugated fiberboard receives the articles therein, and comprises a portion of the bin and inserts within the cavity of the first corrugated fiberboard supported by the third corrugated fiberboard and secured by the first corrugated fiberboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Inventors: Jon Paul Lord, Stephen Glen Sassman
  • Patent number: 8517204
    Abstract: A drip pan device featuring a semi-circular a base platform having a front edge and a curved back edge, wherein the front edge is bevelled. A lip extends upwardly and generally perpendicularly from the back edge of the base platform. The lip tapers down at intersections of the back edge and front edge of the base platform. A plurality of raised ribs extends upwardly from the top surface of the base platform. A first buckle and a second buckle are disposed on a back surface of the lip. The buckles allow hook-and-loop fasteners, bungee cords, string, or rope, to secure the drip pan device to a hand truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Inventor: Stephan J. Spanninger
  • Patent number: 8499962
    Abstract: A system for catching and containing a spill of a liquid from a rail tank car consisting of a series of catch pans attached end-to-end and placed between the rails of a railroad track is provided. The end walls of each catch pan are shorter than its side walls, with the catch pans located at either end of the series having an end wall extension attached to raise the height of the end wall to that of the side walls. A sealing gasket is placed between adjacent catch pans, and at least one opening extends through the end walls and the sealing gasket between adjacent catch pans. A drain is located in the bottom of at least one of the catch pans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Southwire Company
    Inventors: Ronald R. Martin, Zachary W. Butterworth, Joel R. Dicks
  • Patent number: 8479945
    Abstract: A universal drain pan with a complementary insert plate, each having supporting members that align to provide support throughout the plate, allowing for weighted objects to be placed upon the plate without deformation or failure. The insert plate has a series of funneled drain holes to direct the fluid into the pan and may have a mechanical filtration means, such as a screen, to prevent entrained foreign material and small component pieces from going into the fluid in the drain pan. The screen allows for inspection of, or retrieval of material prior to disposal or recovery. The drain pan has a drainage port and cap to allow for ease of disposal and a lid for transfer to the disposal point or for storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Simmons Inventions LLC
    Inventor: Eric Michael Simmons
  • Patent number: 8459314
    Abstract: Battery spill containment trays, battery spill containment systems, and methods of battery spill containment are provided. A spill containment system includes a tray mountable on a rack and including a support surface for supporting a device thereon; and an absorbent member removably installed on the tray below the support surface and configured to absorb a spilled substance of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Expo Power Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas Frazier, Chet Mallory
  • Publication number: 20130134172
    Abstract: An injection-molded load line connection spillage container for catching and retaining liquid spilled when liquids are pumped between storage tanks and tankers provides an injection-molded reservoir and an injection-molded cover attached to the reservoir by hinges. Reinforcing ribs molded into the reservoir provide strength and ruggedness without the need for reinforcing steel collars and saddles. Gussets molded into the reservoir hinge brackets ensure repeated stresses produced by energetic opening of the cover does not result in failure of the hinge brackets. An optional load line mounting assembly permits secure mounting of the load line container directly onto the load line. An optional cleanout assembly provides a valved suction line for removing retained spillage, and an optional sampling assembly provides a valved sample line for sampling the liquid being transferred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: Anti-Pollution Technology, LP.
    Inventor: Anti-Pollution Technology, LP.
  • Publication number: 20130126536
    Abstract: A drip tray and base assembly for a beverage dispensing apparatus is disclosed. The drip tray and base assembly includes a base for supporting an urn in spaced apart relation above a support surface, such as a counter. The base typically has side walls and a top wail. A drip tray is provided for laying adjacent the base. The drip tray typically has an upper grill-like surface for receiving a cup, container or other receptacle thereon, as well as side walls and a floor. At least one of the side walls of the drip tray is configured with a drain extension for draining fluids accumulating on the floor of the drip tray. A coupling member with walls adapted to removably couple with the base is provided. Furthermore, a coupling member includes walls for removably and fluid sealingly coupling with the drip tray extension and with a drain line so as to carry fluid accumulating on the floor of the drip tray through the drip tray drain extension into a drain line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: Schroeder Industries, Inc. d/b/a Schroeder America
    Inventor: Schroeder Industries, Inc. d/b/a Schroeder Ameri
  • Patent number: 8393351
    Abstract: The Dual Automatic Dryer and Washing Machine Protective Basin is a drip pan sized to fit both a washer and dryer, and to contain leakage from both appliances. The position of the washer and dryer can safely be swapped, and the pan can optionally be provided with an opening directly over a floor drain, which now need not be located under the washing machine. The front wall of the basin can be sized to clear a door or pedestal drawer; alternatively, the basin can have raised spots supporting the feet of the appliance or pedestal, so as to lift doors or drawers above the front wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Driptite, Inc.
    Inventors: Frankie Lee Carter, Paul Rahmes
  • Patent number: 8376178
    Abstract: The operation of certain appliances and machinery includes the flow of water through the appliance or storage of fluid within the appliance, leading to the risk of significant fluid leakage. An overflow pan may be provided beneath the appliance to contain any fluid leakage. The overflow pan may include a movable portion which is configured to permit passage of a horizontally-extending portion of the appliance, such as a drawer. This movable member may be biased to return to a closed position when the horizontally-extending portion of the appliance is retracted, so as to form a fluid-retaining seal with the remainder of the overflow pan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Inventor: Leonard Steinberg
  • Patent number: 8292117
    Abstract: A water holding tank with an approximately rectangular bottom wall and four side walls that are connected respectively to the sides of the bottom wall, each side wall has number of upper support platforms that are arranged periodically along one side of the bottom wall, a number of lower support platforms that are arranged alternately relative to the upper support platforms at a distance from the bottom wall, and a number of connecting walls, whereby each connecting wall connects an upper support platform to a lower support platform while leaving open a passage for water, in which the upper support platforms of a side wall are arranged in mirror positions of the lower support platforms of the opposite side wall relative to a 180° rotation and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Aliaxis Participations
    Inventors: Philippe Guibert, Fabien Yvai, Stephane Kugener, Tony Calton
  • Publication number: 20120241460
    Abstract: A mat for use in a portable collector for machine fluids, the mat having a self supporting perimeter wall upstanding from a base layer, the base layer comprising a layer of an oil permeable hydrophobic material and the wall comprising a layer of water permeable oleophilic material, whereby oily fluid falling on the mat passes through the base layer and water falling on the mat escapes through the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: MANVERS ENGINEERING LIMITED
    Inventor: Colin Ibbotson
  • Publication number: 20120211497
    Abstract: A tray in accordance with the present disclosure includes a floor and a side wall arranged to extend along a perimeter edge of the floor. The floor and the side wall cooperate to form a product-storage region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: BERRY PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryan P. Davidson, Gail S. Becke, Jeffrey C. Minnette
  • Patent number: 8240503
    Abstract: A fresh produce keeper includes a vessel having a floor and upwardly extending sidewalls. Holes in the floor allow the vessel to be used as a colander or strainer to rinse produce, while a lid fits over the floor to retain water within the vessel, thereby allowing the same vessel to be used for both rinsing and service or storage. An internal divider and air vent is also provided in some examples of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Progressive International Corporation
    Inventor: Heather Curtin