Closed granular chemical handling system
CA 2012098 C · Owner: Mccunn, Myron Lee · Inventors: Depauw, Richard Arthur; Hoffman, Jeffrey Alan; Mccunn, Myron Lee
Overview
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A closed granular chemical handling system comprising a dispensing valve and a receiving valve. The dispensing valve and the receiving valve are automatically opened when the valves are coupled together, and are automatically closed when the valves are uncoupled from one another. The valves are configured so that the receiving valve always is the first to open and the last to close. The valves are driven together by a camming structure having a neutral portion that acts as a delay between the opening and closing of both valves so as to allow granular material to flow from between the valves through the receiving valve.
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- Filed March 13, 1990 and granted November 15, 1994. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 13, 2010.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by March 13, 2012.
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