US Patent Issued to Bridgestone on Dec. 2 for "Mixing device and methods of operation" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,392, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Bridgestone Corp. (Chuo-ku, Japan).

"Mixing device and methods of operation" was invented by William Franks (Canal Fulton, Ohio) and Timothy L. Tartamella (Boston Heights, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for mixing polymer, the apparatus comprising (i) a mixer housing including an internal chamber, said internal chamber having first and second sections in fluid communication with each other through a passageway; (ii) a first ram received in said first section; and (iii) a second ram received in said second section, where the apparatus is adapted to receive a composition including po...