ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,498, issued on Oct. 21.
"Separator" was invented by Peter Baumgartl (Erkheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A separator, subassembly for a separator, and method for heating a second outlet of a separator are disclosed. The separator has a housing with an inlet configured for introduction of a fluid stream into the housing, a first outlet configured for discharge of the fluid stream from the housing, and a second outlet configured for discharge from the housing of deposits which have been separated from the fluid stream. The separator also has, within the housing, a heat-conducting element within the housing and arranged in s...