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Self-tightening cover for pump

CA 2498698 C · Owner: Gd Energy Products, Llc · Inventors: Jensen, Ernest J.; Mclain, Anthony W.

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A self-tightening retaining system for securing a closure in position closing an access port of a pump housing. The system includes a retaining cover for obstructing removal of the closure from a bore of the access port. The cover has external threads interengageable with screw threads of the bore. A locking device is configured for being secured to the cover such that the locking device rotates together with the cover. The locking device has a fastener receivable in a hole of the closure and has external threads interengageable with threads of the hole. The threads of the cover and the threads of the fastener are spiraled in opposite directions such that when the cover rotates in a …

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  • Filed February 28, 2005 and granted January 31, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 28, 2025.
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FiledFebruary 28, 2005
GrantedJanuary 31, 2012
Term endedFebruary 28, 2025
Patent numberCA 2498698 C
Classification (IPC)F04B53/16 +2 more

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