US Patent Issued to KNAUF GIPS on March 3 for "Wallboard slurry mixer configured for reducing water:stucco ratio" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,984, issued on March 3, was assigned to KNAUF GIPS KG (Iphofen, Germany).

"Wallboard slurry mixer configured for reducing water:stucco ratio" was invented by Myung-Sik Moon (Manvel, Texas), Noel G. Villarreal (Deer Park, Texas) and Christopher E. Reyna (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An agitator for a gypsum wallboard mixer is provided and includes a circular disc with an upper surface, a drive shaft extending vertically from the upper surface, a lump ring secured to the upper surface, the lump ring being provided in a plurality of spaced, adjacent arcuate segments."

The patent was filed on Oct. 17, 2022, under Application N...