Flush valve bypass and filter
CA 2245449 C · Owner: Sloan Valve Company · Inventors: Wilson, John R.
Overview
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A diaphragm type of flush valve for use with toilet devices such as urinals and water closets includes a body with an inlet and an outlet and there is a valve seat therebetween and a valve member movable to a closing position on the valve seat. The valve member includes a diaphragm which is peripherally attached to the body. There is a pressure chamber above the diaphragm for holding the valve member on its valve seat and there is a filter and a bypass orifice connecting the inlet and the pressure chamber. The filter includes a filter ring positioned beneath the diaphragm and adjacent the outer periphery thereof. The filter ring and the diaphragm are held in a fixed position relative to …
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- Filed August 21, 1998 and granted August 5, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 21, 2018.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by August 21, 2020.
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