Water inlet nozzle
CA 2033484 C · Owner: Wilson, Steven R. · Inventors: Wilson, Steven R.
Overview
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A water inlet nozzle is mounted to a clothes washer so that water exiting therefrom during the spray rinse cycle is directed onto a load of clothes which has circumferentially accumulated near the bottom of the wash basket during the drain and spin cycle. The water inlet nozzle has an upper member joined to a lower member which forms a dispersion chamber therebetween. The lower member includes an inclined bottom wall which tends to cause water flowing into the inlet nozzle to disperse laterally. The lower member also includes a cascade portion which is curved downwardly and has a transversely convex crown formed within its radius of curvature which induces some water to flow toward the …
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- Filed December 31, 1990 and granted December 17, 1996. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 31, 2010.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by December 31, 2012.
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