US Patent Issued to THE TORO on July 28 for "System for small-batch brine production" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,427, issued on July 28, was assigned to THE TORO COMPANY (Bloomington, Minn.).

"System for small-batch brine production" was invented by David Voigt (Le Center, Minn.), Derek N. Meyer (Saint Peter, Minn.) and Seth Ferkenstad (Mankato, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for mixing, for example, salt with water to make brine, includes a mixing vessel removably mounted within a bulk vessel. The mixing vessel is provided with a divider/filtration wall separating a front portion, where solid granular material is provided and mixes with a liquid for purposes of dissolving the solid granular material into the liquid, and a rear p...