Test plate adapter for manual single car tester
CA 2180415 C · Owner: Westinghouse Air Brake Company · Inventors: Gaughan, Edward W.
Overview
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For use with control valves having test ports via which various pressures may be accessed in performing an automatic single car brake test, there is provided a test plate via which such control valves may be conditioned to obtain faster charging of the brake equipment when performing the brake test with a manual single car tester. The test plate interconnects the test ports such that the test pressure supplied to the car brake pipe charges the brake equipment in by-pass of the charging choke in the control valve.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed July 3, 1996 and granted September 19, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 3, 2016.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by July 3, 2018.
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