US Patent Issued to Plattco on Feb. 17 for "Electric actuator for single and double flap dust valves" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,522, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Plattco Corp. (Plattsburgh, N.Y.).

"Electric actuator for single and double flap dust valves" was invented by Alex Sterling (Champlain, N.Y.) and Kevin Guay (Altona, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electric actuators for flap valves such as double flap dust valves for controlling the conveyance of abrasive particles are disclosed. Embodiments if electric actuators disclosed include a lead screw driven by a stepper motor. The lead screw includes a slider assembly that engages a yoke with a cam and causes the yoke to move through a preset angle while holding the yoke at angular positions corr...