Coupling
CA 2032830 C · Owner: R.S. Technical Instruments Ltd. · Inventors: Straghan, Robert Graham
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A tubular coupling for joining tubular conduit members of the type having axially extending grooves for guiding geophysical instruments. The coupling comprises an unthreaded sleeve slotted to provide outwardly deflectable segments at one or both ends to snap onto ends of the conduct members to be joined. An internal circumferential rib on the sleeve engages a circumferential groove on the conduit. A cylindrical key or button on the casing engages a slot in the end of the coupling to ensure that the longitudinal grooves of the conduit members are in alignment.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed December 20, 1990 and granted July 26, 1994. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 20, 2010.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by December 20, 2012.
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