US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on April 21 for "Systems and methods for pneumatic cleaning of an extraction system filter" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,669, issued on April 21, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc..

"Systems and methods for pneumatic cleaning of an extraction system filter" was invented by Mitchell James Muske (Neenah, Wis.), Allan T. Hilbert (Appleton, Wis.), Jeremy Bruesewitz (Appleton, Wis.), William Gardner (Appleton, Wis.) and Joseph C. Schneider (Greenville, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An extraction system is designed for metal working and other applications. The system employs a pneumatic filter cleaning device with a pneumatically driven extension guide arranged within a chamber. The guide is coupled to a first end of an extension member, which h...