ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,933, issued on April 14, was assigned to Kiverco Ltd. (Dungannon Tyrone, Great Britain).
"Material sorting apparatus" was invented by Aidan McKiver (Dungannon, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A material sorting apparatus 100 for sorting materials in a material stream comprises: a material intake means 102 for receiving material that is input to the material sorting apparatus 100; at least one screening means 103 located downstream of the material intake means 102; at least one material separation means 104-106 located downstream of the material intake means 102; at least one conveyor means 107 for conveying material alo...