US Patent Issued to Metso Sweden on June 2 for "Suction liner and centrifugal pump comprising the same" (Finnish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,470, issued on June 2, was assigned to Metso Sweden AB (Malmo, Sweden).

"Suction liner and centrifugal pump comprising the same" was invented by Aki Tuomisalo (Espoo, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suction liner for a centrifugal pump for processing slurries. The suction liner includes a cylindrical portion arrangeable in the casing of the centrifugal pump, and a flange portion which protrudes outwards in a radial direction from the cylindrical portion. The flange portion is arrangeable such that, when mounted in a centrifugal pump, at least a portion of a front end surface of the flange portion of the suction liner abuts ag...