ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,328, issued on March 11, was assigned to 1773048 Alberta Ltd. (Calgary, Canada).
"Self-cleaning pipeline magnetic separator system" was invented by Roger M. Simonson (Calgary, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, apparatus and method for magnetically separating a fluid flow passing through a pipeline are provided. A magnetic separator assembly having a plurality of elongate magnetic members is provided. Each magnetic member can have a first end and a second end. A cleaner plate can be provided that can move along the magnetic members. After the magnetic separator assembly is used to collect magnetic particles from a fluid...