ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,789, issued on April 7, was assigned to SEPRO MINERAL SYSTEMS CORP. (Langley, Canada).
"Facilitating fluid or slurry movement in a peristaltic pump" was invented by Steven Alexander McAlister (Langley, Canada) and Carlo Alberto Socci (Langley, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for facilitating control of fluid or slurry movement in a collapsible tube is provided. The apparatus includes the tube. The tube includes first and second opposing wall portions having circumferentially varying thickness including first and second maximum thicknesses respectively, the first and second maximum 5 thicknesses disposed on opposite...