ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,908, issued on July 15.

"Equipment for in-situ restoration of sediment" was invented by Bo Zhang (Beijing), Shuhang Wang (Beijing), Xia Jiang (Beijing), Yunyan Guo (Beijing), Feifei Che (Beijing) and Qing Cai (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An equipment for in-situ restoration of sediment, including an amphibious platform and following devices provided on the amphibious platform: a screw suction device, one end of which is hinged to one end of the amphibious platform, and the other end can extend into the sediment for sucking up the sediment; a dehydration device that is provided downstream of the screw suction device and com...