ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,466, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Aalberts hfc B.V. (Almere, Netherlands).

"Removal device" was invented by Jan Henk Cnossen (Koudum, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A removal device for removing gas bubbles and/or dirt particles from a liquid in a liquid conduit system or for removing a second liquid from a first liquid in the conduit system includes a main channel for a main flow, a housing which defines an inner space, at least one supply channel extending from the main channel to the inner space, at least one return channel extending from the inner space back to the main channel, directly or indirectly via a re...