Emergency eye wash fountain apparatus

Claim 1

An eye wash fountain for mounting on a sink faucet comprising: a valve body having a normally fixed portion and a swivel portion pivotally attached to said fixed portion, said fixed and swivel body portions having major flat abutting surfaces in a plane perpendicular to the axis along which said body portions are pivotally attached, and a pair of spray heads rigidly connected to said swivel portion of said valve body by two conduit means adapted to position said spray heads in a forward eye-flushing position or a back out-of-use position, said fixed body portion having an inlet channel connectable to a sink faucet and passing straight through said fixed body portion with the outlet end of said inlet channel lying in said abutting surface of said fixed body portion, and said swivel body portion having first and second outlet channels, said first outlet channel passing straight through said swivel body portion with the inlet end of said first outlet channel lying in said abutting surface of said swivel body portion, said first outlet channel being alignable with said inlet channel when said spray heads are in said out-of-use position and thus aligned directed to pass water straight through said valve body for normal faucet use, and said second outlet channel passing through said swivel body portion in a Y-shape with the inlet end of said second outlet channel lying in said abutting surface of said swivel body portion and the two outlet ends of said second outlet channel being connected to said conduit means of said spray heads, said second outlet channel being alignable with said inlet channel when said spray heads are swiveled into said forward eyeflushing position and thus aligned directed to divert water from said inlet channel to each of said conduit means.