ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,086, issued on June 23, was assigned to Z & J TECHNOLOGIES GMBH (Duren, Germany).
"Slide gate valve, operating method and use" was invented by Holger Breuer (Hurtgenwald, Germany) and Lisa Cremer (Merzenich, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slide gate valve for chemical and/or petrochemical industrial plants, the valve including a valve housing including an inlet port having an exit opening and an outlet port having an entry opening, which correspond with each other when the slide gate valve is in an open position; a blocking device having at least one blocking disc and having a pipe bridge, which is movably arranged between ...