US Patent Issued to COLUMBIA INSURANCE on July 28 for "Aspirator for manipulating filaments" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,628, issued on July 28, was assigned to COLUMBIA INSURANCE COMPANY (Omaha, Neb.).

"Aspirator for manipulating filaments" was invented by Adam Tankersley (Dalton, Ga.) and Jesse Guzowski (Dalton, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspirator provides linear control over air flow for manipulation of extruded fibers. A distribution manifold has a barrel valve between first and second flow channels, enabling precise, linear control over air flowing from a charge conduit to a pressure chamber surrounding a discharge pipe. Plural orifices in the discharge pipe connect the pressure chamber to the interior thereof, which is configured as a...