ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,584, issued on Nov. 25.
"Clean-in-place shutter valve" was invented by Gabriel Max Miller (Lodi, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clean-in-place shutter valve having a valve shutter with a full aperture and at least one shutter seal disposed between an outer surface of the valve shutter and the valve housing that retains the shutter, such that together the shutter seal, the outer surface of the valve shutter, and the housing define a cavity that is accessible to liquid passing through the valve when the valve shutter is in a first, open position, and is inaccessible to liquid when the valve shutter is in the second, closed posit...