ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,573, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to DMG MORI Co. LTD. (Nara, Japan).
"Mist collector and machine tool" was invented by Kosuke Yamamoto (Nara, Japan) and Masahiro Kosuge (Nara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a technology for preventing leakage of mist through a gap in a mist collector. A mist collector configured to collect mist generated in processing of a workpiece includes: a rotary filter configured to catch the mist; a drive unit configured to drive the rotary filter in such a manner as to rotate about a rotation axis passing through the center of the rotary filter; and a housing including a tubular portion. T...