US Patent Issued to Alemite, Lincoln Industrial on May 12 for "Battery-operated reciprocating pump for lubricants" (Tennessee, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,686, issued on May 12, was assigned to Alemite LLC (Fort Mill, S.C.) and Lincoln Industrial Corp. (St. Louis).

"Battery-operated reciprocating pump for lubricants" was invented by Paul Okpokowuruk (Piney Flats, Tenn.), Viktor Alekseyev (St. Louis) and Scott Sanders (Arnold, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable reciprocating pump assembly delivers lubricant from a reservoir and includes a housing mountable on the reservoir and a pumping tube assembly for directing lubricant from the reservoir and into the housing. The tube assembly has a reciprocating plunger and a shovel assembly attached to the lower end of the plunger and h...