ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,609, issued on May 26, was assigned to ECOSPRAY TECHNOLOGIES S.R.L. (Voghera, Italy).
"Scrubber for washing exhaust fumes generated by internal combustion engines" was invented by Maurizio Archetti (Terre di Pedemonte, Switzerland) and Luca Muratori (Pontecurone, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scrubber for cleaning exhaust fumes generated by internal combustion engines, in particular for reducing the concentration of the sulfur oxides SOx in exhaust fumes generated by the combustion of high sulfur content fuels, said scrubber comprising a main hollow tubular body, an inlet and an outlet for introducing and discharging said fum...