Portable hands-free wash stand

Claim 1

A portable hand-free wash stand, characterized by hand-free operation of the water supply and the hot air drying means for washing and drying hands through the operation of foot pedal controls comprising: a housing having a side wall, bottom pedestal and top, said housing having a chamber therein that is divided into a supply water storage tank having top, sides and bottom walls, and a waste water collection tank having top, sides and bottom walls, said supply tank having a water inlet filling port and a water egress emptying port, said supply tank having a water outlet conduit that enters the tank through the water egress emptying port for supplying water from inside the supply tank to outside said tank for use of washing ones hands, said water exhaust conduit connected to a water pump to pump up supply water from the storage tank, said pump connected to a feed pipe that extends substantially vertically upwards and perpendicular to the housing top, and also defining a spout extending downwardly therefrom to supply water from the supply tank for the purpose of washing one's hands; heating means for heating said water from said supply tank through said feed pipe, warm and cool water control switch means for controlling said heating means to vary the temperature of the supply water through the feed pipe, said supply tank having mounted therein water gauge means for indicating predetermined high and low water levels inside the tank, said housing sidewall having a side port adjacent the inlet filling port of said supply tank and connected thereto for allowing water to be supplied to the supply tank from the outside, said housing top defining a basin, the bottom of which terminates in an outlet, said waste water tank having an inlet port connected to said basin and an outlet waste water egress drain port in the side of the tank near the bottom to allow any water in the collection tank to drain out, said spout being directed into said basin, an electro-magnetic valve mounted in said drain port for opening and closing said drain port, a drying, hot air heater for dyring one's hands mounted on the top of the housing, said pedestal having a stepped cross-section to enable a child to step up to more conveniently reach the spout of the feed pipe, said pedestal having rolling wheels fixed onto the underside thereof for mobility, and said pedestal having two pairs of foot pedals, an upper pair of pedals mounted on an upper step of said pedestal and a lower pair of foot pedals mounted on a lower step of said pedestal, means connected between one pedal of each pair to operate said pump, and between the other pedal of each pair to operate the hot air heater, a mirror having a mirror housing mounted on said housing, said warm and cool water control switch means being mounted on said mirror housing including indicating lamps for indicating whether the water heating means is on or off.