US Patent Issued to ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE on April 15 for "Centrifugal separator having a screw connection between upper and lower bowls" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,021, issued on April 15, was assigned to ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB (Lund, Sweden).

"Centrifugal separator having a screw connection between upper and lower bowls" was invented by Jouko Pitkamaki (Eskilstuna, Sweden) and Stefan Svensson (Vaxholm, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A centrifugal separator bowl, having a vertical rotational axis, the separator bowl defining a separation space, and including an upper bowl section having a first threading, the first threading having a first inner diameter and a first outer diameter and defining an upper surface, and a lower bowl section having a second threading corresponding to the first...