US Patent Issued to Metso Sweden on May 12 for "Hydrocyclone separator" (American, Finnish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,235, issued on May 12, was assigned to Metso Sweden AB (Malmo, Sweden).

"Hydrocyclone separator" was invented by Joshua Sorrell (Mechanicsburg, Pa.) and Evert Lessing (Espoo, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a hydrocyclone separator for size classifying solid material in liquid suspension, comprising a head part, a tapered separation part, and an apex discharge part for underflow discharge, the tapered separation part being arranged between the head part and the apex discharge part, wherein the apex discharge part has a first opening aligned and attached with the tapered separation part, and has...