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Blantyre — The Ministry of Finance says Economic Policy Reforms which President Dr Joyce Banda's administration instituted in 2012 in order to resuscitate the country's economy are yielding positive results. Among other reforms which Government instituted to bring quick gains to the economy include introduction of the Economy Recovery Plan, Devaluation of the Kwacha by 49 percent and tightening Expenditure Measures.
This, according to MoF Public Relations Officer, Nations Msowoya has turned around the stagnated economy as evidenced by inflation rate drop to 22 percent, kwacha getting stabilized and having forex inflows.
"The devaluation of the kwacha by 49 percent was aimed at ensuring that the value of the kwacha was real as before this, the value of the kwacha was artificially made to be strong when in essence it was not and because of this people started hiding their foreign exchange in homes instead of putting it in banks which led to shortage of fuel and forex.
"Remember airlines like Ethiopia Airways and Kenya Airways were not accepting ticket purchases in kwacha in 2011 due to foreign exchange shortages and all these changed after the devaluation though it brought some negative effects including increase in prices of commodities.
"Now, the inflation rate has gone down to 22 percent, fuel and foreign exchange is now available that makes companies to import their raw materials easily reflecting strong growth in the private sector," clarified Msowoya in an interview with the Malawi News Agency (Mana).
He added: "These economic policy reforms have not even spared the Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi and Water Boards which are also registering profits."
On his part, Indigenous Business Association of Malawi (IBAM) President, Mike Mlombwa concurred with Msowoya that economic policy reforms that have also seen stabilization of the kwacha are registering positive results but described the change as short lived.
"Of course, fuel, forex is available almost everywhere and companies are making profits because of various economic policies that were instituted two years ago, however these are just temporal changes.
"First of all, you must understand is that these reforms are only benefiting foreign investors at the expense of local businesses as it is supposed to be. In addition, currently many banks are busy buying and keeping forex waiting to sell it at a higher price when the country's economy overturns again," said Mlombwa.


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Sundance Filmmakers Hedge Latest Swipes at Businesses
Jan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Filmmakers pitching a new crop of movies targeting markets and business at the Sundance Film Festival have taken a page from their subjects' playbooks and found ways to hedge their risks.
The movies, featured this week at the annual festival in Park City, Utah, face their own economic uncertainty: getting people still hurting from the recession to buy tickets. Some of the filmmakers have already covered their costs by lining up distributors or selling sponsorships.
Small budgets and liberal use of humor and irony may help. Studios struggle to draw Americans to serious films about current events, such as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan or the 2008 global financial crisis. News Corp.'s "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" and Michael Moore's "Capitalism: A Love Story" may have failed to recoup their costs in theaters.
"The key from our standpoint is trying to make something exciting," said Morgan Spurlock, who looks at how studios promote products in films and TV shows with the documentary "POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold." "The film doesn't go down like medicine. You don't feel like you're going to a documentary."
"Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps," Oliver Stone's 2010 follow-up to the Fox hit "Wall Street," featured Michael Douglas again as the unscrupulous investor Gordon Gekko. The sequel, made for $70 million, brought in $130.6 million in theaters worldwide, according to researcher Box Office Mojo. Studios split ticket revenue with cinema operators.
Where's The Love?
The September 2009 release "Capitalism: A Love Story" cost $20 million to produce and brought in $17.4 million in worldwide ticket sales, including $3.1 million overseas, according to Box Office Mojo, based in Sherman Oaks, California.
In addition to Spurlock's entry, movies dealing with business and financial markets at Sundance include "Margin Call," about the machinations inside a Wall Street investment firm as the 2008 meltdown hit, and "The Flaw," a documentary that examines the causes of the crisis.
The films highlight problems in an economic system focused on personal gain. Bankers in "Margin Call" follow the law while dismissing broader ethical issues.
Spurlock, director of the 2004 film "Super Size Me," has beaten the odds by covering his production costs and attracting a distributor. "The Greatest Movie Ever Sold" follows Spurlock visiting with corporate executives to sell rights to have their products appear in the movie itself.
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The sales, to companies including juice maker PomWonderful LLC, JetBlue Airways Corp. and Hyatt Hotels Corp., financed the film, which cost $1.5 million, Spurlock said. Sony Pictures Classics plans an April release in theaters.
Marketers will help promote the "The Greatest Movie Ever Sold" with giveaways and advertising as the release date nears, Spurlock said in an interview.
"Margin Call" features Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons and Stanley Tucci as Wall Street executives who get an early warning of the coming crash. Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. and Roadside Attractions have purchased rights to the film, which is scheduled to appear in theaters in October.
The movie was made for $3 million and investors already have made a profit through the sale, director J.C. Chandor said in an interview in Park City.
"If it was just a bunch of gobbledygook about the financial crisis, that would be a problem," Spacey said in an interview. "But when you make it into a personal story, like we did, it becomes more attractive to the audience."
"The Company Men," one of Sundance's economy-related films last year, opened last weekend with ticket sales of $648,000 in 106 theaters. The movie, featuring Ben Affleck and Tommy Lee Jones, expands to 211 locations this weekend, according to Hollywood.com Box-Office. The film, picked up by Weinstein Co., cost $15 million, according to Box Office Mojo.
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In "The Flaw" bankers and executives discussing the 2008 financial crisis, including former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, are unable to explain exactly what went wrong.
Director David Sington, in an interview, said too many Americans over-borrowed for their homes and to maintain their standard of living. As the debt mounted, a higher percentage of personal income went to bankers.
"You are constantly siphoning spending power out of the middle class in the form of interest payments," Sington said. "It's like this vast machine that Hoovers up money and pumps it into bank accounts of a small number of people."
Cold War Propaganda
Sington uses animation and cuts from Cold War propaganda films to keep the story from getting dull. He declined to disclose the cost.
New Video Group Inc. acquired the rights to distribute "The Flaw" in theaters, video-on-demand, cable television and DVD formats, the New York-based company said today in an e-mailed statement. Terms weren't disclosed.
"It is possible to make documentaries that have a big-screen feel about topics people are interested in for not very much money, for hundreds of thousands of dollars and not millions of dollars," Sington said. "You've really got to make it for less than $1 million if you are not relaxed about getting your money back."
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Hazel Neoma Brewster, 81, died Tuesday, May 29, 2012, in Frisco, TX. She was born December 28, 1930 in Altus, OK to the late C.C. Nixon and Edna Stowers Nixon.
Services are scheduled 10 a.m. Friday, June 1, 2012 at 1st United Methodist Church in Burkburnett, TX, officiated by Rev. Don Pellikan and Rev. Larry Tinsley. Services are under the direction of Owens & Brumley Funeral Home of Burkburnett. Interment will follow in the Burkburnett Memorial Cemetery.
Mrs. Brewster was a nurses assistant.
She was a member of the Wesley United Methodist Church of McKinney, Texas.
Her passion in life was her grandchildren.
She is survived by her daughter Dorothy Smith and husband Bill of Frisco, TX: Granddaughter Sandra Rochelle Guiá and husband, René of Little Elm, TX; Grandson Richard Edward Smith of Frisco, TX.
Great-grandchildren Izabel Lynn Guiá and Elijah Malachi Guiá.
She was preceded in death by her husband Rev. Richard C. Brewster, daughter Beverly Lynn Brewster, 5 brothers and 4 sisters.
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Proponent's argument to vote Yes:Rep. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (D, FL-20): We, as Members of Congress, have responsibility not just for the institution, but for the staff that work for this institution, and to preserve the facilities that help support this institution. We have endeavored to do that responsibly, and I believe we have accomplished that goal.
Opponent's argument to vote No:Rep. SCALISE (R, LA-1): It's a sad day when someone attempts to cut spending in a bill that grows government by the size of 7%, and it's not allowed to be debated on this House floor. Some of their Members actually used the term "nonsense" and "foolishness" when describing our amendments to cut spending; they call that a delaying tactic. Well, I think Americans all across this country want more of those types of delaying tactics to slow down this runaway train of massive Federal spending. Every dollar we spend from today all the way through the end of this year is borrowed money. We don't have that money. We need to control what we're spending.
Proponent's argument to vote Yes:Sen. ORRIN HATCH (R-UT): I am cosponsoring the legislation to provide a House seat for DC and an additional House seat for Utah. Representation and suffrage are so central to the American system of self-government that America's founders warned that limiting suffrage would risk another revolution and could prevent ratification of the Constitution. The Supreme Court held in 1820 that Congress' legislative authority over DC allows taxation of DC. Do opponents of giving DC a House seat believe that DC is suitable for taxation but not for representation?
Opponent's argument to vote No:Sen. JOHN McCAIN (R-AZ): I make a constitutional point of order against this bill on the grounds that it violates article I, section 2, of the Constitution. I appreciate the frustration felt by the residents of DC at the absence of a vote in Congress. According to many experts, DC is not a State, so therefore is not entitled to that representation. Also, one has to raise the obvious question: If DC is entitled to a Representative, why isn't Puerto Rico, which would probably entail 9 or 10 Members of Congress? [With regards to the seat for Utah], this is obviously partisan horse-trading.
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Choice AU 1804 14 Star Reverse Quarter Eagle, BD-21804 $2 1/2 14 Star Reverse AU55 NGC. Breen-6119, BD-2, R.4. This coin is easily recognized not only by the 14 stars on the reverse, but also because it is the only Robert Scot-designed quarter eagle "with an obvious cross pattern of stars," as Bass-Dannreuther puts it. For a coin of the era with such a small mintage, estimated in Bass-Dannreuther between 2,324 and 2,827 coins, the survival rate is unusually high, in the neighborhood of 6.5%-9%. The reverse of this variety was also used to strike the slightly rarer JR-2 dimes, a move that appears to be willful economy on the part of early Mint personnel.
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CHARGERS: Fearing for health, Dielman reluctantly walks away from the game he loves
SAN DIEGO — Kris Dielman didn't need or want all the attention he got.
A big production in his honor clearly was neither his idea nor his style, although Thursday morning's event at Chargers Park served as a fitting tribute to the left guard widely considered one of the greatest players in Chargers' history.
Even so, he would have rather walked with his family into the sunset.
"I would have preferred a press release," Dielman said, "but I was advised against it."
That doesn't mean he changed to fit the occasion. Dielman attended this buttoned-up affair in flip-flops, worn jeans and a gray T-shirt stained with perspiration, completely comfortable in his own skin.
With his wife and young children just outside the frame, he listened to kind words from coach Norv Turner and team president Dean Spanos before formally announcing a decision that he didn't want to make.
After nine decorated years in the NFL, he was retiring because of concerns about his long-term health.
"This isn't something I want to do," Dielman said. "This is something I have to do."
Dielman decided to retire based on the advice of medical professionals, who cautioned that continuing to play after an Oct. 23 concussion at the New York Jets and a grand mal seizure suffered on the plane flight home would be detrimental to his long-term health.
Dielman was confident and steadfast in his decision, despite the emotionally charged nature of the proceedings. He talked about things he'll miss about football — the guys in the locker room and the friendships that are built there, the flights and bus rides, the dog days of training camp and the frequent tussles with teammates and opponents alike.
The media?
"Uh, no," Dielman said.
He mentioned just one game memory, prompted by an anecdote from Turner about a playoff win over the Tennessee Titans.
"I remember that game," Dielman said. "We kicked their (butts)."
He talked at length about his friendship with left tackle Marcus McNeill, a relationship built like the Odd Couple. The Indiana grad talked about Purdue alum Nick Hardwick, and how they went from being hated rivals to fast friends. Hardwick is now the godfather of Dielman's son.
"Somehow me and Nick got over the rivalry and became best friends," Dielman said. "That's what this game gives you, and being around guys like that every day is what I'll truly miss."
Dielman's career was cut short by the nasty, physical way in which he played, and his unwillingness to be anything but himself. He declined to talk about his concussion, choosing to focus on the positives surrounding what he called a "crappy day."
"It sucks that it has to end this way, but it does," Dielman said. "The memories I collected during my time in the NFL will stay with me forever while I live a life with my wife and my two amazing children.
"I gave this game everything I had. It ended a little early, but it is the right thing to do. I wasn't supposed to make it through training camp, and here I am, nine years later. I had a blast."


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Updated: December 3, 2009, 1:29 PM ETBy Dave Reed | Special to ESPN.com
Penn State will try to make college volleyball history during the next three weeks by becoming the first women's program to win three consecutive NCAA Division I championships.
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An emergency eye wash system having a support panel and a pair of brackets for holding two bag assemblies containing sterile and sealed eye wash solution. The bag assemblies are connected by hoses to a pair of nozzles mounted on a pivotal tray assembly. When the system is dormant, the tray assembly is in a vertical closed position. When there is an emergency, a user pulls on a pivotal handle to puncture membranes in the hoses and to lower the tray assembly to cause flow from the bags to the nozzles to the user's face.
1. A kit for use in storing and dispensing eye wash fluid in an eye wash station comprising:
an eye wash fluid storage element; and
a movable structure;
a flexible conduit in fluid connection with the storage element and defining a flow path for dispensing the eye wash fluid from the storage element, the flow path being closed to fluid flow when the movable structure is in a first position and being opened by movement of the movable structure to a second position to enable the eye wash fluid to flow from the storage element through the flow path;
a membrane directly connected to the conduit, the membrane being dimensioned and configured for closing the flow path; and
a membrane piercing element disposed for engagement with the membrane upon movement of the movable structure from the first position where the membrane piercing element is not in engagement with the membrane to the second position where the membrane piercing element is in engagement with the membrane;
wherein the membrane piercing element is directly connected to a nozzle;
a removable retainer clip maintains the movable structure in a fixed position prior to use;
the movable structure includes a handle, the handle being dimensioned and configured during use to start the eye wash fluid flowing to the nozzle upon movement of the handle;
the storage element is a bag assembly;
the bag assembly includes at least one storage bag;
the storage bag has a structural top and lower resilient sheets, the structural top being made of rigid plastic, the structural top including a pair of outer slots and a pair of inner slots, the outer slots being adjacent the ends of the structural top, and the inner slots being spaced inwardly from the outer slots, the outer and inner slots being dimensioned and configured to facilitate gripping and lifting the bag.
2. The kit as claimed in
a spray nozzle connected to the conduit.
3. The kit as claimed in
the membrane piercing element is structured and dimensioned to puncture the membrane and to move the membrane out of a fluid interfering position and to maintain the membrane in a non-interfering position enabling the eye wash fluid to flow upon movement of the conduit.
4. The kit as claimed in
the membrane piercing element is cylindrically shaped with a sharp edge.
5. The kit as claimed in
the storage bag includes a spout connected to the movable structure.
6. The kit as claimed in
the resilient sheets are made of a polyolefin film having a thickness of about 0.014 inches.
7. The kit as claimed in
the polyolefin film provides a pressure on the eye wash fluid inside the bag to help enable a generally constant flow of fluid from the bag during use at a rate of about one and a half liters per minute during a fifteen minute period and to help cause the fluid to be substantially evacuated from the bag.
8. The kit as claimed in
the kit includes a plurality of storage bags;
the storage bags and tops are about nineteen inches high and twenty-one inches wide when empty.
9. The kit as claimed in
the kit includes a plurality of storage bags;
the storage bags contain about twenty-two and a half liters of sterile, sealed eye wash solution.
This application is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/816,283, filed Apr. 1, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,254,848, issued Aug. 14, 2007, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
Not applicable.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an emergency eye wash system and more particularly to an emergency eye wash system which is simply constructed, compact and reliable.
2. Description of the Related Art
Emergency eye wash systems are often present in industrial plant settings, industry and academic laboratories and in commercial environments where researchers, students, customers and workers may be accidentally exposed to dangerous conditions and materials.
The Occupational Safety And Health Administration has ruled that eye wash fountains are mandatory at specified industrial work stations. The American National Standards Institute has issued standards for portable eye wash fountains relating to flushing periods and rate of flow. The present requirements are that the eye wash nozzles in a portable eye wash fountain should deliver no less than an aggregate of one and one-half liters per minute (approximately 0.4 gallons per minute) of eye wash fluid during a fifteen minute period.
A number of eye wash devices and liquid carrying bags have been patented over the years as shown in the following U.S. Pat. Nos.: 4,012,798; 4,363,146; 4,526,793; 4,881,283; 4,939,800; 5,566,406; 5,695,124; 5,774,908; and 5,850,641. These devices, however, tend to be overly complicated, relatively expensive and not very reliable. Some of these devices also tend to be bulky.
It is also important that such emergency eye wash systems be readily accessible and easily and quickly operated. An emergency eye wash system must also operate effectively once activated even though the system sat dormant for a long time period.
What is described here is an emergency eye wash system including a housing having a movable tray, a source of eye wash fluid mounted in the housing, two eye spraying nozzles mounted on the tray, and a conduit connecting the nozzle and the fluid source, the conduit being slideable from a closed position to an open position whereby in the open position, eye washing fluid is able to flow from the fluid source to the nozzle.
There are a number of advantages, features and objects achieved with the present invention which are believed not to be available in earlier related devices. For example, the system disclosed here is simply constructed, reliable and relatively inexpensive. The system disclosed here also meets government regulations relating to flow rate, duration and shelf life. A further advantage of the disclosed system is that it is compact and easily mounted to a variety of structures so as to be readily accessible.
A complete understanding of the present invention and other objects, advantages and features thereof will be gained from a consideration of the present specification which provides a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using the invention, set forth in such full, clear, concise and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same in compliance with Title 35 U.S.C. Section 112 (first paragraph). Furthermore, the following description of a preferred embodiment of the invention read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing provided herein represents an example of the invention which is described here in compliance with Title 35 U.S.C. section 112 (first paragraph), although the invention itself is defined in the Claims section attached hereto.
While the present invention is open to various modifications and alternative constructions, the preferred embodiment illustrating the best mode contemplated by the inventors of carrying out their invention are shown in the various figures of the drawing and will be described herein in detail pursuant to Title 35 U.S.C. Section 112 (first paragraph). It is understood, however, that there is no intention to limit the invention to the particular embodiment, form or example which is disclosed here. On the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalent structures and methods, and alternative constructions falling within the spirit and scope of the invention as expressed in the appended Claims section, pursuant to Title 35 U.S.C. section 112 (second paragraph).
Referring now to
The lid 16 features two acrylic inspection windows 40, 42. The lid 16 is removable to allow access to the bag assemblies 28, 30 and to the support panel 20 and the hanger brackets 24, 26. The support panel 20 includes four offset tabs 44, 46, 48, 50 as shown in
The support panel also includes four openings 84, 86, 88, 90 which are capable of receiving attachment bands (not shown) and slot openings 92, 94, 96, 98 (which are configured to receive bolts or screws (not shown) to allow the support panel to attach to a variety of building structures. By attaching the support panel 20 to a building structure, the weight of the bag assemblies 28, 30, the hanger brackets 24, 26 and the support panel 20 are directly transmitted to the building structure rather than to the housing 12. This also allows the bag assemblies to hang freely. The housing itself, including the front part 14, the rear part 15 and the tray assembly 18 are all mounted to the support panel 20. Thus, all loads are carried by the support panel 20 and transmitted to a building support.
The tray assembly 18 is pivotally connected to the housing front part 14 through openings 86,
The tray assembly is shown in an open position as it would appear during emergency operation in
The housing and handle may be made of any suitable material, such as acrylonitrilebutadiene-sytrene (ABS). The support panel and hanger brackets may be made of glass filled polycarbonate (PC). The tray parts may be made of ABS also. The hose may be made of medical grade PVC and, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, have an inside diameter of about 0.250 inches and a length of about eighteen inches. It is noted that other suitable materials may be used.
Referring now to
The inner tray 110 includes a pair of nozzle pads 150, 152 each with connector slots 154, 156, 158 and 160, 162, 164, clip removal prongs 170, 172, four through slots 174, 176 and 178, 180, where the inner two slots 176, 178 receive the pivotal forks 120, 122, and the outer two slots 174, 180 receive the pivotal latches 124, 126. Five screw receiving openings 182, 184, 186, 188, 190 are also formed in the inner tray part. The inner tray part 110 also includes a drain opening 192 and integral pivot pins 194, 196. The nozzle pads 150, 152 and prongs 170, 172 are shown more clearly in
The outer tray part 112 also includes five screw receiving openings 200, 202, 204, 206, 208, a pair of outer slots 210, 212 for the pivotal latches 124, 126 and two inner slots 214, 216 for the two pivotal forks 120, 122. A central drain channel 220 is also provided. The channel 220 is aligned with the drain opening 192 of the inner tray part 110 and directs sprayed solution to an outer drain 222 shown in
Operation of the emergency eye wash system is simple, easily performed and very reliable. A user merely grips the handle 22 and pulls. This simple operation, a rotational motion, not only opens the tray assembly but moves it from a vertical closed position to a horizontal open position while at the same time opening the hose assembly to allow the flow of eye wash solution from the bag assemblies 28, 30 downstream through the hoses 32, 34 to the nozzles 36, 38.
The various elements in the flow path of the eye wash solution are illustrated in
Positioned around the stem is a connector sleeve 240,
Mounted at an upstream end portion 272 of the nozzle stem 236,
The operative alignment (moving in an upstream direction) of the nozzle stem 236, the piercing element 274, the connector sleeve 240, the hose connector 251 and the hose 32 are illustrated in
Movement of the connector sleeve, the hose connector and the hose downstream against the stationary nozzle and piercing element is caused by the forks 120, 122. The arms 254, 256 of the hose connector 251 are pushed against the ends 246, 247 of the slots 244, 245 so that the connector sleeve 240 slides downstream along the nozzle stem 236 toward the nozzle cup 230. The nozzle cup and the nozzle stem are stationary as is the piercing element 274. The downstream movement of the hose connector with the frangible membrane causes the membrane to be pierced by the sharp edge 286 of the piercing element 274 and for the membrane to be progressively sliced by the slanted surface 285 of the piercing element. As the membrane moves downstream, the severed portion of the membrane is being progressively laid back and progressively pushed toward an inner wall 287,
The handle 22 pivots about the pivot pins 114, 115,
Also pivotally mounted to the pins 114, 115 are the pivotal latches 124, 126. (A duplicate pivotal fork 122 and a mirror image pivotal latch 126 to those shown in
The forks 120, 122 and the connector sleeves 240 are shown in operative positions in
When the handle 22 pivots as shown progressively in
Referring now to
A retainer clip 370 is illustrated in
The abutment wings 372, 374 are designed to engage the prongs 170, 172,
The retainer clips are used only during transit of the bag assemblies 28, 30 to ensure that there is no inadvertent puncture of the membranes. However, when the bag assemblies and attached hoses and nozzles are installed in the housing and to the tray, the retainer clips are removed so that the system becomes fully operational and ready for use.
The two bag assemblies 28 and 30 are illustrated in
The resilient sheets, preferably, are constructed from a polyolefin film such as medical grade COVELLE 1200 Clear brand polyolefin film which is commercially available from The Dow Chemical Company, having a thickness, preferably, in a range of about 10 to about 20 mils (0.010 inches to 0.020 inches ), most preferably about 14 mils (0.014inches ). Another example of a poyolefin film material suitable for forming the resilient sheets herein is medical grade CRYOVAC M312 brand film, having a thickness of about 7.5 mils (0.0075 inches ), which is commercially available from Cryovac Inc. Other suitable resilient, polymeric film materials suitable for use herein include medical grade polyvinyl chloride (PVC) films, ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) films and other similar polymeric materials.
The polymeric films to be used herein are resilient, having memory, and provide a continuing pressure on the eye wash solution inside the bag. In this regard, the COVELLE 1200 Clear brand film is known to exhibit a tensile modulus, 2% secant, of 5800 psi when tested in accordance with the ASTMD 882 test procedure. The CRYOVAC M312 brand film has a modulus of elasticity value of about 12,800 psi.
When empty, the combined height of a bag 384, 386 including a bag 390, 392 is in a range of about fifteen to about twenty inches, preferably about nineteen inches high. The width of the bags is in a range of about eighteen to about twenty-five inches, preferably about twenty-one inches.
The bags are hung in the housing on brackets in a manner such that the spouts on the bags are at a level in a range of about eight to about fifteen inches above the nozzles and, preferably, about twelve and half inches, when the bags are full, and about ten and a half inches, when the bags are empty. This positioning is intended to ensure a generally constant flow of solution from an individual bag at a rate of no less than about three quarters of a liter per minute during a fifteen minute period when a double bag arrangement is employed in an eyewash system. The double bag arrangement will result in a total rate of flow of one and a half liters per minute, with three quarters of a liter per minute from each of the two bags. The preferred volume of solution in each bag is about fourteen liters, although the range of volume may vary from a minimum of about eleven and a quarter liters up to about seventeen liters. Since the arrangement is a two bag system, the total minimum volume of the sterile solution will be two and a half liters.
It is desirable that the bags will be substantially evacuated after activation of the system. The design of the bags disclosed herein meet this criterion and, also, such design eliminates any need for external pressure to be applied to the bags in order for the solution to be dispersed at the desired flow rate contrary to prior art eye wash devices. The bags of the present invention are illustrated diagrammatically in
It is noted that the housing 12 is independent of the bags, hoses and nozzles, in that the bags, hoses and nozzles are replaceable and thus may be sold as a kit. Optimally the two bags contain approximately twenty-eight liters of sterile, sealed eye wash solution and the bags, hoses and nozzles are part of a sealed sub-system for maintaining the solution in a sterile condition. After the emergency eye wash system is used, the empty bags and attached hoses and nozzles are removed and sent for disposal. A new kit 430 of two bag assemblies 432, 434 with sterile solution, hoses 436, 438 and nozzles 440, 442 packaged in a disposable, corrugated box 444 for shipment is acquired, and the new kit is installed in the housing simply by lifting the bag assemblies so as to the engage the hanger brackets, threading the nozzle and hoses through the openings 92, 94 in the front housing part 14,
A preferred eye wash fluid is a solution of buffered isotonic saline solution, having a shelf life of at least two years. However, it is to be noted that a non-sterile solution may be used herein.
Referring now to
The function of the tag 450 is to indicate that the system is operable when the seal is secured and unbroken and to indicate that the system may not function or has been tampered with when the seal is broken or missing. The tag also indicates an expiration date for the eyewash solution and provides facilitated inspection.
Inspection of the system can also be performed by viewing the solution containing bags through the inspection windows. Still other inspection methods include the removal of the lid without any movement of the tray, or lowering the tray without moving the handle.
Another security feature of the system may be understood by reference to
The spring latch may be reset by an operator inserting her finger or a tool through the bottom wall opening 466 to push the tab 481 upwardly. This causes a rightward movement of the horizontal arm portion 476 and the abutment portion 474. At the same time, if the tray is lifted toward the vertical, closed position, the tray flange 482 will again move into a position to bias the arm portion 476 and the abutment portion 474 to the configuration shown in
It is now appreciated that the emergency eye wash system disclosed here is compact, relatively simple in construction and relatively inexpensive. Also of importance is that the system is reliable.
The above description sets forth in detail the preferred embodiment of the present invention. Other examples, embodiments, modifications and variations will, under both the literal claim language and the doctrine of equivalents, come within the scope of the invention defined by the appended claims. For example, mere modification of various physical features of the herein disclosed system including such features as bag size, bag volume, the number of bags, the bag hang height above the elevation of the pair of nozzles, the bag material, the hose diameter, the hose length and/or the shape, size or number of holes of the nozzle are all considered to fall within the literal language of the following claims. Furthermore, changing the shape of the housing, or the brackets or the tray will still be considered to be equivalent structures. In addition, they will come within the literal language of the claims. Still other alternatives will also be equivalent as will many new technologies. There is no desire or intention here to limit in any way the application of the doctrine of equivalents nor to limit or restrict the scope of the invention.
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Campaigner admits CAB fight is over
Published at 16:34, Friday, 28 December 2012
THE leader of a campaign to save a face-to-face Citizens Advice Bureau in Ulverston has reluctantly admitted defeat.
Citizens Advice South Lakeland told workers at its Ulverston and Kendal centres earlier this year that it may have no choice but to close both offices at the end of the financial year in March.
The charity posted a loss of almost £50,000 for the last financial year and was not able to guarantee its solvency beyond 2013.
A contingency plan was drawn up to introduce a district-wide telephone outreach service, and Roger Lindsay, who has been campaigning to retain the Ulverston service, says he is resigned to that being the case.
He said: "There's been no announcement so far for funding for CASL bureaus in Kendal and Ulverston, so the plans to subsidise a call centre will go ahead.
"Nothing has happened to alter that.
"Unless there's a sudden influx of funding, CASL is hopelessly in debt and one can say the trustees have probably got little option."
Mr Lindsay volunteered at the Ulverston centre for six years before he stepped down in September.
He set up a website to alert people to the financial difficulties facing CASL and to tell people what they could do to help.
However, following the CASL annual general meeting held before Christmas, Mr Lindsay said he felt the battle had been lost.
He said: "To not campaign seemed to almost rule out the possibility that there might be a white knight somewhere who might recognise the situation and give the Citizens Advice service a big chunk of money.
"But that has not happened, so I think all one can do is make the best of the fact it won't be what it was and all we can do is manage with what's there.
"We've done our best to publicise it and I think that's the most we can reasonably do.
"It has not been successful and it's a great shame, but at least people have been alerted to the problem and now the situation is fairly widely known.
"It's very sad there is another decline in a community service."
No one from CASL or the Citizens Advice Bureau was available for comment.
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