US Patent Issued on June 16 for "Heat exchanger cleaning apparatus and method of use thereof" (Massachusetts, California, Texas, Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,319, issued on June 16.

"Heat exchanger cleaning apparatus and method of use thereof" was invented by James W. Haywood (Boerne, Texas), Mike Hollingshaus (Livermore, Calif.), Mark Amato (S. Hamilton, Mass.) and W. Davis Lee (Rockport, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention comprises a method and apparatus for cleaning a heat exchanger, comprising the steps of: providing the first heat exchanger, the first heat exchanger comprising a set of heat exchange pipes at least partially inserted into the first heat exchanger; inserting a blasting lance in a first pipe of the set of heat exchange pipes, the blasting lance comprisin...