ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,021, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Co. (Birmingham, Ala.).
"Industrial hydrant" was invented by Jeffrey William Butts (Veedersburg, Ind.), Paul Donald Burgeson (Brownsburg, Ind.), Derek B. Scott (Pace, Fla.) and Robert A Dyer (Crawfordsville, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is provide an industrial hydrant comprising an inlet operatively connected to a hydrant body. An inlet valve is in fluid communication with the inlet. A valve guiding is operatively connected to the inlet valve. A main valve within the inlet valve has a main valve outer diameter greater than six inches. The ma...