Automatic shutoff valve
CA 2134951 C · Owner: Ebw, Inc. · Inventors: Phillips, Paul E.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A two-stage float actuated shut-off valve for use in underground fuel storage tanks utilizes a drop tube coaxially mounted within the storage tank fill pipe. Fuel flowing into the tank is passed through the drop tube which projects downwardly into the interior of the tank to a valve housing located at the lower end of the drop tube. Floats slidably mounted in a recessed area in the housing outside of the drop tube within the tank independently operate pivoted valve doors to a closed position within the valve housing, a lower float closing one valve door to block a major portion of incoming fuel flow passage when the level of fuel in the storage tank reaches a predetermined first level and a …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed November 2, 1994 and granted September 29, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 2, 2014.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 2, 2016.
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