US Patent Issued to General Electric on March 17 for "Machine foam cleaning system with integrated sensing" (New York, Michigan, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,887, issued on March 17, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Machine foam cleaning system with integrated sensing" was invented by Nicole Jessica Tibbetts (Delason, N.Y.), Bernard Patrick Bewlay (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Michael Eriksen (Cincinnati), Keith Anthony Lauria (Wells, N.Y.), Richard Schliem (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Erica Sampson (Scotia, N.Y.) and Eric Telfeyan (Delanson, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine is cleaned by directing a foam detergent into the machine to remove contaminants from inside the machine. An effluent portion of the foam detergent exits from the machine with some of the contamina...