Refrigeration system service adapter
CA 2055679 C · Owner: Laipply, Robert A. · Inventors: Knowles, Steven M.; Jensen, Jon A.; Laipply, Robert A.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A refrigeration system service coupling having a valved service adapter employing a spring biased sleeve valve to maintain the adapter valve in a closed no flow condition except when the service adapter is properly connected to a charging port of predetermined configuration and capable of retaining the service adapter sleeve valve to permit opening of the service adapter valve upon the service adapter being properly connected to the charging port.
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- Filed November 15, 1991 and granted June 30, 1998. 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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