EP1055431A3

A water chamber

Abstract

A water chamber (1) has a horizontally orientated gas inlet (2) with an elongate flow tube (7) extending into the water chamber (1) from the inner periphery of the gases inlet (2). An inlet end of the elongate flow tube (7) covers the inlet (2) and an outlet end of the flow tube (7) is spaced from the wall of the chamber (1). In use the flow tube (7) receives gases supplied to the gases inlet (2), the gases pass through the flow tube (7) and exit the flow tube at the outlet end distant from the wall.

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Document	Relation	Office	Category	Cited during	Relevant claims
US4532088A	Cites	United States of America	A	Search report	–
US485127A	Cites	United States of America	XA	Search report	1
US5231979A	Cites	United States of America	A	Search report	–
DE9308953U1	Cites	Germany	XA	Search report	1,2

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33569499	New Zealand	A	1999-05-10
33569499	New Zealand	–	1999-05-10
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NZ19990335694	–	–	–

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Document	Office	Kind
AU3253100A	Australia	A	2000-11-16
EP1055431A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2000-11-29
JP2000337670A	Japan	A	2000-12-08
US6398197B1	United States of America	B1	2002-06-04
AU761713B2	Australia	B2	2003-06-05
EP1055431A3This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	2003-07-09
EP1055431B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2007-11-07
DE60036978D1	Germany	D1	2007-12-20
DE60036978T2	Germany	T2	2008-08-28
JP4510994B2	Japan	B2	2010-07-28

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2020-08-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2020-06-03	Patent expired after termination of 20 yearsExpiredPE20	PE20	GB
2020-05-09	Expiry of rightR071	R071	DE
2019-10-31	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
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A water chamber

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