ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,560, issued on April 7, was assigned to GEA Mechanical Equipment GmbH (Oelde, Germany).
"Solid-bowl screw centrifuge" was invented by Poul-Erik Aagaard (Sporup, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid-bowl screw centrifuge has a rotatable drum with cylindrical and conical portions. At least one solid discharge is arranged in the conical portion of the drum. A screw is arranged in the drum and can rotate at a differential speed in relation to the rotatable drum. At least two drum bearings are used for mounting the drum in a housing and at least one screw bearing is used for mounting the screw in the drum. The drum and the screw...