Pressure release valve
CA 2260203 A1 · Owner: Bowman, John · Inventors: Bowman, John
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A pressure release valve for a steam peeler for potatoes has a differential piston assembly including a piston (60) which is movable between an open position and a closed position under steam control and a fixed piston element , (66) which is received in a secondary cylinder (88) within the main piston for defining a chamber (76) that progressively reduces in volume as the main piston moves towards its open position. The chamber receives a cushioning fluid for decelerating the piston as it moves towards the open position.
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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 June 19, 1997. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 19, 2017.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by June 19, 2019.
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