ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,443, issued on July 7, was assigned to LAMBHUSASUND EHF. (Akranes, Iceland).

"Multi-piping spiral-pump for treating food items" was invented by Ingolfur Arnason (Akranes, Iceland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method and a device for treating and/or transporting food items. The apparatus and method are designed to facilitate treating animals or food items in liquid. The device of the present invention is designed as a spiral pump with two or more channels wound around a horizontal axis. The apparatus of the present invention and the use thereof provides a method to treat living or slaughtered animals...