ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,635, issued on Dec. 30.
"Vertical thermal pressure vessel" was invented by Terry O'Malley (Grapevine, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus comprises a vessel having an interior chamber formed by a vessel wall. The vessel wall comprises a double-walled structure having an inner wall and an outer wall. A moveable lid is configured to form an airtight seal with the interior chamber in a closed position. A basket is positioned within the chamber. One or more vibration devices, such as transducers, are attached to the basket, and are configured to shake the mesh basket to cause decomposed material to fall through the mesh bas...