Claims
- 1. The combination of a drum and apparatus for draining liquid from the top of said drum, comprising,
- said drum standing upright having a bottom, a sidewall, a top and an upwardly extending rim around said top, said rim extending circumferentially completely around the drum top to form with said top a liquid impermeable cavity capable of holding a liquid, means forming an opening in said top for dispensing the contents of said drum, said opening means being sealed to prevent any liquid collecting in said cavity from entering said drum,
- a wick material having two ends, one said end contacting the drum top, the wick material extending over the rim and downwardly from the rim to a point below the level of the drum top to terminate at the other said end, the wick material having the physical property of conducting liquid in contact therewith in the cavity by capillary action through the wick material, upwardly over the rim and subsequently downwardly to said other end of the wick where it drips from the wick material,
- means for securing said wick material to said drum in a position to contact liquid collecting on the drum top,
- said wick material being formed in two spaced apart parallel layers secured to a deformable nonporous material, said deformable layer bridging across the space between the two porous layers to form a groove extending the length of said wick material.
- 2. The combination of claim 1 wherein the wick material is adhesively bonded to the top.
- 3. The combination of claim 1 wherein the wick material is sandwiched between a deformable layer and the drum top.
- 4. The combination of claim 3 wherein the deformable layer is twenty gage galvanized steel.
- 5. The combination of claim 4 wherein the wick material is acrylic fibers.
- 6. The combination of claim 1 wherein the wick material magnetically secured to the drum.
- 7. The combination of claim 1 wherein the deformable layer is thin aluminum.
- 8. The combination of claim 1 wherein the wick material is a 50-50% blend of acrylic and cotton fibers.
- 9. The combination of claim 1 wherein the wick material is sandwiched between two layers of deformable material.
- 10. The combination of claim 1 wherein the means securing the wick material to the drum top comprises an adhesive.
- 11. The combination of claim 10 including an adhesive layer securing the wick material to the sidewall of the drum.
- 12. The combination of claim 11 wherein the adhesive layer extends from the drum top, over the rim and down the sidewall of the drum.
- 13. The combination of claim 11 wherein the adhesive layer comprises at least one spot of adhesive contacting the drum top and at least one spot of adhesive contacting the drum sidewall.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/941,903, filed Sep. 8, 1992, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 07/571,721, filed Aug. 24, 1990, now abandoned.
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Continuation in Parts (2)
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