US Patent Issued to ECOLAB USA on May 12 for "Conveyor lubricants including emulsion of a lipophilic compound and an emulsifier and/or an anionic surfactant and methods employing them" (German, Australian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,305, issued on May 12, was assigned to ECOLAB USA INC. (Saint Paul, Minn.).

"Conveyor lubricants including emulsion of a lipophilic compound and an emulsifier and/or an anionic surfactant and methods employing them" was invented by Stefan Seemeyer (Hilden, Germany), Eric D. Morrison (St. Paul, Minn.), Stephan Scharrenbach (Dusseldorf, Germany), Claudia Caussin de Schneck (Dusseldorf, Germany), Stefan Kupper (Langenfeld, Germany), Peter Rich (Rosehill, Australia) and Colin Court (Quakers Hill, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to conveyor lubricant compositions including an emulsion of a lipophilic ...