IP Library Granted Patent US 8,057,755
Granted Patent B2
US 8,057,755 · App. 12/009,117 · Granted Nov 15, 2011

Constructive disposition applied to sample collector for the purposes of feces parasitological exam

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Patent No.
US 8,057,755
App. No.
12/009,117
Granted
Nov 15, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application is about a new construction disposition applied to sample collector for the purposes of feces parasitological exams, more precisely to one new construction form which is manufactured with a reduced number of parts, helping with its low cost, since it is a product discharged after its utilization; collector which includes a container which receives the attachment of a cover which contemplates a central conic sector from whose top a cylindrical duct is developed which can be closed by an over-cover or cap; it is predicted a concave filtering element, formed by polyester net or mesh in the order of 220 to 280μ, preferably 266μ, which represents the same radius of internal bending of the conic portion of the cover, affixed to it by means of fitting or another equivalent mean.

Claims (7)

1. A sample collector for feces parasitological exams, comprising:

a cylindrical container having a threaded portion on an upper end thereof and a flange;

a lid comprising a conical central sector from which a cylindrical duct arises, and a cylindrical sector with an internal thread, at a base of the conical central sector;

a cap closing the cylindrical duct;

a sealing ring element between the lid and the flange; and

a concave filtering element made of a polyester mesh with 220μ to 280μ, wherein said filtering element is spaced from the lid by a gap, and is fitted in an internal position of the lid by having the filtering element curved inwards along a contour of the lid.

2. The sample collector according to claim 1 , wherein a bottom of the container is provided with an internal funneled-shaped protrusion.

Priority Claims (1)
BR 8700248 U · Feb 12, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
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