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Valve test plug

CA 2013974 C · Owner: Weber, Robert Thomas · Inventors: Survil, Robert John; Weber, Robert Thomas

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A valve test plug for connection with a pressure vessel. The plug includes a hollow valve body and a resilient valve core. The valve core includes first and second core portions bonded in end-to-end relationship and has a slit extending therethrough. The first core portion is exposed directly to the pressure and is softer than the second core portion which engages the valve body to close the slit or to seal on the probe when the probe is extending through the slit. The softer first core portion maintains a seal with the valve body and urges the second core portion into sealing engagement with the valve body end to close the slit.

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  • Filed April 5, 1990 and granted May 7, 1996. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 5, 2010.
  • A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by April 5, 2012.
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FiledApril 5, 1990
GrantedMay 7, 1996
Term endedApril 5, 2010
Patent numberCA 2013974 C
Classification (IPC)F16L55/11 +2 more

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1991199319951997199920012003200520072009Application filedApril 5, 1990Patent grantedMay 7, 1996Term endedApril 5, 2010

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