US Patent Issued to ATAM Group on Sept. 9 for "Pipe cleaning device" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,477, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to ATAM Group Ltd. (Norfolk, Great Britain).

"Pipe cleaning device" was invented by Mark Loades (Great Yarmouth, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for cleaning the internal surface of a pipe has a main pipe axis. The device further includes one or more generally tubular conduits, including a conduit wall, at least one of the or each tubular conduit including an inlet to receive pressurised gas into the tubular conduit. One or more nozzles is deployed around the outside of the or each tubular conduit, with the or each nozzle being in fluid connection with the tubular conduit. A...