Quiet check valve
CA 2101034 A1 · Owner: Graco Inc. · Inventors: Powers, Frederick Allan
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
This invention represents an improvement in a standard four ball reciprocating piston pump. Such pumps utilize a greatly enlarged seat to provide hydraulic cushioning of the check balls in order to greatly quiet operation. A seat width on the order of 6% of The ball's circumference is preferred. Closely confining the ball to the axis of the seat helps efficient And quiet operation.
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Filed July 21, 1993. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 21, 2013.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by July 21, 2015.
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