Blow-off vents - Patent 1429076

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EP 1 429 076 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	13.10.2004 Bulletin 2004/42

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	16.06.2004 Bulletin 2004/25

(21)	Application number: 03257781.9

(22)	Date of filing: 10.12.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: F23L 17/00, F23L 17/02, F24F 7/00, F24C 15/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

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Priority:

10.12.2002 GB 0228730

(71)	Applicant: Wragg, Richard John
	Hagley, Stourbridge, West Midlands DY9 0PQ (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	Wragg, Richard John Hagley, Stourbridge, West Midlands DY9 0PQ (GB)

(74)	Representative: Wilson, Alan Stuart
	Barker Brettell, 138 Hagley Road Edgbaston Birmingham B16 9PW Birmingham B16 9PW (GB)

(54)	Blow-off vents

(57) A vent system for a heating or similar system comprises a vent pipe (12, 32) extending substantially horizontally through an external wall (34) of a building and terminating at an end, and having at least one aperture (24) at or towards the end, and a cowl (14) extending around the end of the pipe (12) and the at least one aperture and being open towards the wall so that fluid escaping along the pipe and through the at least one aperture (24) will impinge upon the cowl (14) and thereby be deflected at least partially back towards the wall.

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