[Stoves] Patents

[Paul Olivier]

Bi-metallic strips cost almost nothing.
They activate a small relay that cuts power to the fan supplying primary
air.
The total cost of strip and relay is less than 30 cents US.
What is there to patent?

Our primary focus in micro-gasification should be to benefit the poor.
If there is money to be made in selling to the rich,
most of it should be directed to subsidizing the sale of gasifiers to the
poor.

Paul in Vietnam

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 4:02 AM, Steve Taylor
<steve at thetaylorfamily.org.uk>wrote:

>
>
> On 2 September 2011 21:45, Paul Olivier <paul.olivier at esrla.com> wrote:
>
>> Crispin,
>>
>> It is easy to imagine that small gasifiers will soon have software.
>> I mounted a bi-metllaic strip at the base of the reactor to sound and
>> alarm when the cycle is coming to an end.
>> This feature costs virtually nothing.
>> Once small gasifiers become widely used throughout the world,
>> it will become necessary to incorporate other safety features which might
>> call for software.
>>
>>
> If you don't intend to profit from an invention, then open discussion of
> the details of it, in a public forum like this, will invalidate any attempt
> to patent it in most of the world, with the possible exception of the USA.
>
> Steve
>
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Paul A. Olivier PhD
27C Pham Hong Thai Street
Dalat
Vietnam

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