ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,165, issued on April 7, was assigned to Micropump Inc. (Camas, Wash.).
"Reed switch pump" was invented by Robert R. Kimberlin (Rockvale, Tenn.), Matthew Patrick Murphy (Fairview, Tenn.) and Brian S. Waters (Carthage, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage syrup pump system is disclosed including a pump housing having an internal pumping chamber, a pump motor, and a pumping mechanism driven by the motor within the pumping chamber. The pumping mechanism receives a syrup fluid at a first pressure and discharges the fluid at a second pressure which is greater than the first pressure. Connected to the pumping chamber is a cylindr...