US Patent Issued to Artisan Industries on Dec. 30 for "Short path fractional distillation apparatus" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,520, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Artisan Industries Inc. (Stoughton, Mass.).

"Short path fractional distillation apparatus" was invented by Perry Alasti (Westwood, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A short path fractional distillation apparatus includes a flash distillation apparatus disposed above, and directly connected to, a short path stripper, without intervening piping. This combination facilitates fractionally distilling liquids, including heat-sensitive liquids, such as edible oils, to remove contaminants into individual streams, with low loss, short residence times, and no moving parts. Embodiments provide three di...