ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,474, issued on April 21.

"Metal working fluid decontamination apparatus" was invented by Ivan Mark Wilds (Nelson, Great Britain) and Paul Rodger Gerald Wilds (Nelson, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Metal working fluid decontamination apparatus (10) includes: an intake arrangement (40) for metal working fluid (42); a pump (16) for providing, in use, flow pressure to the metal working fluid (42); a decontaminator (50) for reducing contamination in the metal working fluid (42); and an outlet arrangement (34) for the metal working fluid. The metal working fluid (42) is a fully synthetic metal working fluid, which comprises...