Static electric discharge for dust collector
CA 2055669 C · Owner: Berfield, Robert C. · Inventors: Berfield, Robert C.
Overview
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An anti-static dust collector includes a tank and an electrically non-conductive flexible hose both of which are susceptible to the build-up of static electric charge. To remove such charge from the hose the hose includes a helical wire which is connected to the grounding terminal of the electrical power plug used to supply electric power to the dust collector. Where the housing of the vacuum cleaner is electrically non-conductive, accumulation of electrostatic charge from the housing is removed by a metallic strap connected to the interior of the housing and also electrically connected to the grounding terminal of the power plug.
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- Filed November 15, 1991 and granted April 18, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 15, 2011.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 15, 2013.
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