ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,522, issued on Sept. 29.
"Inline solids conditioner and pre-wetter" was invented by Joseph Baptiste Ferary IV (Marietta, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tube-in-tube inline solids conditioner and pre-wetter. The conditioner has three concentric tubes. A first ingredient is fed into an inner tube. A second ingredient is fed into an outer tube. The middle tube has a flared nozzle to form a tear drop flow with the second ingredient that surrounds the first ingredient. A vacuum chamber is formed between the middle tube and the inner tube. The cocoon and the vacuum prevent the formation of condensation inside the conditioner. The co...