US Patent Issued to BLUESTREAK EQUIPMENT on Feb. 10 for "Gravity clean-off magnetic sweeper apparatus" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,072, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to BLUESTREAK EQUIPMENT INC..

"Gravity clean-off magnetic sweeper apparatus" was invented by John Maguire (Woodstock, Canada) and Brian Weber (Delhi, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gravity clean-off magnetic sweeper apparatus that connects to the front of industrial equipment or industrial vehicles where a bucket would normally go. The magnetic sweeper is lifted off the ground slightly and driven around an area to pick up metal debris. The collected debris is then cleaned off of the bottom of the invention by lifting it with the machine and pivoting it downward. As the magnetic sweeper is...