ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,288, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH (Oelde, Germany).
"Separator insert and separator" was invented by Rudiger Gohmann (Oelde, Germany), Kai Helmrich (Drensteinfurt, Germany), Kathrin Quiter (Drensteinfurt, Germany), Andreas Schulz (Beckum, Germany), Jurg Burkart (Rudolfstetten, Switzerland) and Simon Stockli (Rehetobel, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A separator insert for a separator includes a housing that is stationary during operation and is a container that is closed apart from multiple openings. These openings include a supply opening for an in-flowing suspension in a first ...