US Patent Issued to Schwing on May 5 for "Pipe diverter valve housing for a thick matter pump and thick matter pump" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,397, issued on May 5, was assigned to Schwing GmbH (Herne, Germany).

"Pipe diverter valve housing for a thick matter pump and thick matter pump" was invented by Waldemar Klassen (Herne, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a pipe diverter valve housing and a pipe diverter valve. The pipe diverter valve housing includes a fixed housing part with inlet openings and a detachable housing part with an outlet opening. The detachable housing part is detachable from the fixed housing part, and the detachable housing part and the fixed housing part are pivotably connected to one another via a joint with a first pivot axi...