Water heater heat trap
CA 2107012 C · Owner: Bradford-White Corporation · Inventors: Lannes, Eric M.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
An energy conserving device for the prevention of heat loss resulting from convection currents in water heater systems comprising a housing component adapted for mounting on the water heater system inlet and outlet ports a mounting component rigidly supported inside the housing component and at least one seal component rigidly attached to the mounting component. The seal component is formed from a flexible material and extends from the mounting component to the inside surface of the housing component to make sealing contact with the housing component to prevent the flow of water caused by convection currents while allowing the flow of water when water is drawn from the water heater system.
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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 September 27, 1993 and granted May 28, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 27, 2013.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by September 27, 2015.
- We check Canadian rights only. A patent in its family in another country could still be in force: check its family on Google Patents.
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