US Patent Issued to Gregg Keener on July 28 for "Submersible pump with external slicer" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,879, issued on July 28, was assigned to Gregg Keener (Ashland, Ohio).

"Submersible pump with external slicer" was invented by Robert Keener (Ashland, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary pump apparatus (10) includes a housing (12) that houses a motor (34) and includes a pump chamber (40). A drive shaft (36) is in operative connection with the motor and rotates an impeller (42) positioned in the pump chamber and a slicer (30) that is positioned in outwardly overlying relation of a slicer plate (54). The slicer plate includes a plurality of fluid openings (78) through which liquid flows to reach the pump chamber. The slicer...