ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,685, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Rapid Water Technology LLC (Grand Rapids, Mich.).
"Water processing apparatus" was invented by Thomas E. Jasper (Grand Rapids, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water processing system is provided for processing or conditioning water to be distributed to a downstream function or system. The system includes a water processor with a conditioning element disposed inside a housing between an inlet and outlet of the housing. The conditioning element includes a series of plates having apertures with sharp edges to direct the flow of water and facilitate splitting of small gas bubbles into even s...