US Patent Issued to ZOELLER PUMP on March 3 for "Reversing polarity of a pump on failure, and applications thereof" (Kentucky, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,893, issued on March 3, was assigned to ZOELLER PUMP COMPANY LLC (Louisville, Ky.).

"Reversing polarity of a pump on failure, and applications thereof" was invented by Anthony Scott Hunchman (Floyds Knobs, Ind.) and William Andrew Dickerson (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pump is provided that reverses polarity of the current to reverse the rotation of an impeller on failure to clear objects that may be blocking the impeller. The pump may have an impeller configured to move fluid through the pump in a common direction regardless of which way the impeller rotates, an electric motor configured to drive the impeller, a...