US Patent Issued to Rheo Engineering on Aug. 4 for "Receiver for a vacuum conveyance system" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,166, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Rheo Engineering (Peoria, Ill.).

"Receiver for a vacuum conveyance system" was invented by Andrew Herrmann (Princeville, Ill.), Robert John Nogaj Jr. (Washington, Ill.) and Robert Herrmann (Princeville, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A receiver for a vacuum conveyance system may include a vertically-oriented, cylindrical receiver body having an inlet port through which material may be conveyed when an airstream is created. A head assembly attached to an upper end of the receiver body includes a filter housing having a first end and a second end, the filter housing constructed to house a hori...