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An emergency eyewash unit includes a pair of water discharge ports oriented to produce a pair of upwardly directed, diverging water streams for inside-out flush flow of contaminants from a person's eyes. These eyewash streams can be combined with a plurality of smaller upwardly directed facewash str

An emergency eyewash unit includes a pair of water discharge ports oriented to produce a pair of upwardly directed, diverging water streams for inside-out flush flow of contaminants from a person's eyes. These eyewash streams can be combined with a plurality of smaller upwardly directed facewash streams for flushing contaminants from a person's face. The eyewash and/or facewash streams are produced by an eyewash body adapted for rotatable mounting onto a water supply conduit, with a locking clip normally preventing undesired rotational disassembly. The eyewash body may be used in combination with an overhead emergency shower which, in one preferred form, includes a shower spray head carrying multiple flow control and flow shaper elements to produce a substantially uniformly dispersed shower spray pattern.

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1. An eyewash unit, comprising: an eyewash body mounted substantially horizontally, the eyewash body including: a liquid inlet,a first discharge port coupled to the liquid inlet, the first discharge port including a first bore defining a first longitudinal axis, anda second discharge port coupled to

1. An eyewash unit, comprising: an eyewash body mounted substantially horizontally, the eyewash body including: a liquid inlet,a first discharge port coupled to the liquid inlet, the first discharge port including a first bore defining a first longitudinal axis, anda second discharge port coupled to the liquid inlet, the second discharge port including a second bore defining a second longitudinal axis;wherein the first and second longitudinal axes angularly diverge from each other;wherein the first and second bores are configured such that the intersection of the first longitudinal axis of the first bore and the second longitudinal axis of the second bore forms an acute angle; andwherein the first and second longitudinal axes are disposed in a plane, wherein the plane is substantially perpendicular to the eyewash body. 2. The eyewash unit of claim 1, wherein the eyewash body further includes: a discharge plate, and wherein the first and second discharge ports are formed in the discharge plate. 3. The eyewash unit of claim 1, further comprising: a valve connected to a liquid supply conduit and to the liquid inlet. 4. The eyewash unit of claim 3, wherein the valve includes an activation handle configured to cause the liquid to flow from the liquid supply conduit to the liquid inlet when the activation handle is moved from a closed position to an open position. 5. The eyewash unit of claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of relatively small facewash ports for upward discharge of a plurality of relatively small facewash streams to flush contaminants from a person's face. 6. The eyewash unit of claim 1, further comprising: a chamber provided in the eyewash body connected to a liquid supply conduit for supplying the liquid to the first and second discharge ports. 7. The eyewash unit of claim 6, further comprising: a laminar flow component carried in the chamber within the eyewash body. 8. The eyewash unit of claim 1, further comprising: a basin configured to catch liquid discharged from the first and second discharge ports, wherein the basin includes a drain. 9. The eyewash unit of claim 8, further comprising: a cover mounted over the basin, the cover configured to conceal the eyewash body from users when the cover is in a closed position over the basin and to expose the eyewash body to users when the cover is in an open position. 10. The eyewash unit of claim 9, further comprising a hinge-activated valve configured to: prevent flow of the liquid to the first and second discharge ports when the cover is in the closed position over the basin; andpermit flow of the liquid to the first and second discharge ports when the cover is hingedly displaced relative to the basin to the open position. 11. An emergency wash system, comprising: a water supply conduit including a bore for conducting a flow of water;an eyewash unit comprising an eyewash body including: a housing including a water inlet, the water inlet connected to the bore of the water supply conduit;a first discharge port including a first bore, the first bore defining a first centerline, the first discharge port connected to the water inlet, anda second discharge port including a second bore, the second bore defining a second centerline, the second discharge port connected to the water inlet;wherein the first and second centerlines angularly diverge from each other;wherein the first and second bores of the first and second discharge ports are configured such that the intersection of the first centerline of the first bore and the second centerline of the second bore forms an acute angle; andwherein the first and second centerlines are disposed in a plane, wherein the plane is substantially perpendicular to the eyewash body. 12. The emergency wash system of claim 11, wherein the housing of the eyewash body is mounted substantially horizontally, and wherein the first and second centerlines are disposed in a plane, wherein the plane is substantially perpendicular to the housing of the eyewash body. 13. The emergency wash system of claim 11, further comprising a shower unit, the shower unit including: a shower head; anda downwardly open shroud defining a hub having the shower head mounted therein, the shroud being disposed generally overhead relative to the eyewash unit, the downwardly open shroud carried on the shower head to permit shroud rotation without axial displacement relative thereto. 14. The emergency wash system of claim 13, further comprising: an emergency actuated valve configured to selectively couple water flow to the shower unit. 15. The emergency wash system of claim 11, wherein the eyewash unit further includes: a plurality of relatively small facewash ports for upward discharge of a plurality of relatively small facewash streams to flush contaminants from a person's face. 16. The emergency wash system of claim 11, further comprising: a basin configured to catch water discharged from the first and second discharge ports, wherein the basin includes a drain. 17. An eyewash system for flushing contaminants from a person's eyes, the eyewash system comprising: an eyewash body mounted substantially horizontally, the eyewash body including: a liquid inlet,a first discharge port including a first bore, the first discharge port connected to the liquid inlet, anda second discharge port including a second bore, the second discharge port connected to the liquid inlet;wherein the first and second bores are directed upward and away from each other in substantially opposite outboard directions defining first and second centerlines, said first and second centerlines are disposed in a plane that is substantially perpendicular to the eyewash body. 18. The eyewash system of claim 17, wherein the first and second discharge ports are configured such that intersection of a first longitudinal axis defined by the first bore and a second longitudinal axis defined by the second bore forms an acute angle, and wherein the first and second longitudinal axes are disposed in a plane, wherein the plane is substantially perpendicular to the eyewash body. 19. The eyewash system of claim 17, wherein the eyewash body further includes: a discharge plate, wherein the first and second discharge ports are formed in the discharge plate. 20. The eyewash system of claim 17, further comprising: a basin configured to catch liquid discharged from the first and second discharge ports, wherein the basin includes a drain.