ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,322, issued on Feb. 10.

"Dried sludge distribution system" was invented by Adalberto Mercado Alvarado (Bayamon, Puerto Rico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dried sludge distribution system that includes a motor, a drive reducer, a shaft, a spacer, a housing, and a mounted ball bearing, in which the housing includes an interior volume that is adapted to accommodate a rotating shovel that includes one or more shoveling areas that extend perpendicularly from its central hollow cylinder, and in which the one or more shoveling areas are interconnected with each other."

The patent was filed on May 16, 2024, under Application No. 18/666,4...