Gas light control apparatus
CA 2136377 C · Owner: Modern Home Products Corp. · Inventors: Koziol, Walter
Overview
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A dimmer device for a gas light which is solar activated and is composed of a minimum number of parts. A magnetically operated valve with a magnetically attractable ball is energized during daylight hours to close off one passageway yet allows gas to flow through a second passageway at a lower flow rate to provide a dimmer condition for the lamp. At night time, the magnetic valve is deactivated causing the magnetic ball to open the otherwise closed passageway and thereby allow full gas flow to the lamp. The dimmer device is easily installed into the lamp housing rather than the post.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed November 22, 1994 and granted September 22, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 22, 2014.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 22, 2016.
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