ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,456, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to STONEAGE INC. (Durango, Colo.).
"Arc turntable cleaner" was invented by Jeffery R. Barnes (Ignacio, Colo.), Gerald P. Zink (Durango, Colo.) and Johannes Bouwe van der Wal (Aldeboarn, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed principles provide embodiments of a novel part cleaning system, and related methods of use and manufacturing, capable of cleaning parts having any nontraditional shapes. An exemplary parts cleaning system provides at least five axes of movement, and comprises a drive rail comprised of a plurality of connectable modular sections, a base configured to support the...