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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2002
Toshihiko Ozawa, Saitama, JP;
Takashi Imai, Saitama, JP;
Toshihiko Ozawa, Saitama, JP;
Takashi Imai, Saitama, JP;
Surpass Industry Co., Ltd., Saitama, JP;
Abstract
In a siphon tube () of a reservoir, even when a front end of tube () is in the vicinity of the bottom of the reservoir, there is no fear that slurries are sucked by tube () which: reaches the bottom of the reservoir to draw a liquid contained therein out of the reservoir is characterized by a liquid-inlet opening () directed normal to a longitudinal axis of tube (). Tube () has its front end formed into: an inverted T-shape provided with opposite end openings in a laterally extending portion thereof, each of which openings forms the liquid-inlet opening (); or, an L-shaped curved form a front end of which forms an opening directed normal to the longitudinal axis of tube (); or, is closed with a cap so that an opening is disposed adjacent to an upper surface of the cap to serve as the liquid-inlet opening.