US Patent Issued to ANDRITZ on June 30 for "Accept tank mixing arrangement" (Finnish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,920, issued on June 30, was assigned to ANDRITZ OY (Helsinki).

"Accept tank mixing arrangement" was invented by Kimmo Vanhala (Kotka, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An accept tank arrangement for mixing of pulped fiber suspension including sidewalls (3,4) including opposite arched ends (2) and an elongated section (1) between the arched ends (2). The accept tank has mixers (10) each located within one of the arched ends (2). The mixers (10) have axles (11) on which are mounted propellers (12). The mixers (10) are aligned horizontally and each axle points to a respective point on the elongated section (1) of the sidewall (3) w...