US Patent Issued to Air Products and Chemicals on May 19 for "2x7 rotary valve" (Pennsylvania, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,259, issued on May 19, was assigned to Air Products and Chemicals Inc. (Allentown, Pa.).

"2x7 rotary valve" was invented by Micah S. Kiffer (Kutztown, Pa.), Gordon Jonas (Schwenksville, Pa.), Roger D. Whitley (Allentown, Pa.) and Shubhra Jyoti Bhadra (Naperville, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are rotary valve assemblies, comprising a single rotor, for use in adsorption based separation processes. Also disclosed are adsorption based separation apparatuses including said rotary valve assemblies, and adsorption based separation processes using said adsorption based separation apparatuses."

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