ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,750, issued on July 14.

"Measure to improve liquid-gas eductor performance" was invented by Dean Lee Millar (Sudbury, Canada), Julius S Vrana (Baden, Pa.) and William W Timmons (Surprise, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method to improve a performance and efficiency of a liquid-gas eductor includes injecting a small amount of secondary gas into the primary motive liquid prior to the latter's arrival at the eductor. This measure simultaneously reduces the flow rate of motive fluid and maintains a level of secondary inducted flow such that the aggregate secondary flow is higher than without the intervention-for certain condition...