ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,876, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ANDRITZ Delkor Pty Ltd (Kyalami, South Africa).
"Device and method for separating a suspension" was invented by Adriaan Duvenhage (Johannesburg).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sedimentation device for separating a solid-liquid suspension has a settling tank, a feed well, a feed pipe, an overflow collector and a mixing area. A pump is disposed in the overflow collector and overflow from the overflow collector can be fed through the pump to the mixing area. The solid-liquid suspension to be clarified can be diluted without affecting the sedimentation process, the chemicals can be used to the opt...