A-A-54559
24 January 1992
COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION
BEAKER, WATER
The General Services Administration has authorized the use of this Commercial Item Description.
This Commercial Item Description covers a transparent or translucent plastic water beaker with separate plastic lid for individual patient use in medical treatment facilities.
Salient Characteristics:
The beaker shall have a minimum capacity of 30 fluid ounces, a maximum height of 6 inches without the lid, and a tapered wall to permit nesting. There shall be projections at the bottom of the inside wall of the beaker to provide rests for the nested beakers and to facilitate their separation.
A spout or a pointed pouring lip shall be provided at the front, such that a stream of water dispensed shall pour evenly and shall not cling to the outside of the beaker or flow off its bottom.
There shall be indented areas on two opposite sides of the beaker wall to provide for one-hand filling and dispensing. These areas shall be frosted or ribbed to facilitate holding. The remainder of the beaker shall be transparent to allow inspection of contents.
There shall be two scales of graduations. One scale shall be graduated and numbered at 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 and 28 ounce (oz) levels. Unnumbered subgraduations shall identify one ounce increments from two ounces through 27 oz. levels. A second scale shall be graduated and numbered at 120, 240, 360, 480, 600, 720 and 840 cubic centimeters (cc) and/or milliliter (ml) levels. Unnumbered subgraduations shall identify 30 cc or ml increments from 60 through 810 cc or ml levels.
DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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