Receiver dryer
CA 2094943 C · Owner: Sievert, Ronald J. · Inventors: Sievert, Ronald J.; Searfoss, Jerry R.
Overview
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A receiver dryer for an automobile air conditioning system embodies a cylindrical housing having a spin-closed top end; an inlet tube and an outlet tube inserted in holes drilled in the top end of the housing and both extending through the housing to their respective predetermined positions; and an axially inserted desiccant bag and thermoplastic perforate filter. The outlet tube extends through a hole in the filter to a predetermined position from the bottom end of the housing and a retainer, clip holds the filter at a set position in the housing while the bottom end of the housing is spin-closed. Spin closing the bottom end creates a thermal gradient in the wall of the housing such that …
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- Filed April 27, 1993 and granted April 8, 1997. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 27, 2013.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by April 27, 2015.
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