| 摘要 |
APPARATUS FOR USE IN THE COLLECTION OF RUBBER LATEX COMPRISES A CHANNEL MEMBER (10) FOR ATTACHMENT TO THE RUBBER TREE AT THE TAPPING PANEL (26) AND HAVING AN APERTURE (12) LOCATED INTERMEDIATE ITS LENGTH AT A LOCATION AT WHICH LATEX PASSING THROUGH THE APERTURE (12) WILL FALL INTO A LATEX CUP (14), AND THE PORTION OF THE CHANNEL MEMBER (10) BEYOND THE APERTURE (12) BEING LONG ENOUGH TO EXTEND BEYOND THE CONFINES OF A LATEX CUP (14) AFIXED TO A TREE. A COVER MEMBER (18) EXTENDS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CHANNEL MEMBER (10). THE COVER MEMBER (18) HAS A LONGITUDINAL DIMENSION SUBSTANTIAL SAME AS THAT OF THE CHANNEL MEMBER AND TRANSVERSE DIMENSIONS SUCH AS TO EXTEND BEYOND THE CONFINES OF THE LATEX CUP (14). THE CHANNEL MEMBER (10) DIRECTS RAIN WATER AWAY FROM THE LATEX CUP (14) WHEN THE APERTURE (12) IS OBSTRUCTED AND THE COVER MEMBER (18) SERVES AS AN UMBRELLA OVER THE LATEX CUP (14). IN ADDITION TO PREVENTING RAIN ENTERING THE LATEX CUP (14), THE COVER MEMBER (18) ALSO PROTECTS THE LATEX FROM CONTAMINATION BY DETRITUS AND INSECTS. PREFERABLY, THE APPARATUS INCLUDES MEANS (30) FOR AUTOMATICALLY OBSTRUCTING THE APERTURE (12) IN EVENT OF RAIN.(FIG. 10C)
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