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Apparatus for containing run-off produced after washing vehicles and the like

US5816743A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 20, 1996
Grant dateOct 6, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 20, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/5762
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A portable containment apparatus for field use in containing liquids from vehicles and the like. The containment apparatus is especially designed to contain wash water run-off and includes a plurality of side members for defining a predetermined wash area, an integral floor and wall for containing the wash off, a sump for collecting the wash off, a sump pump for removing the liquid from the containment area to a remote container for later disposal.

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