ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,435, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP (Wilrijk, Belgium).
"Dryer for compressed gas, compressor installation provided with a dryer and a method for drying compressed gas" was invented by Thibault Crepain (Wilrijk, Belgium), Geert Hellemans (Wilrijk, Belgium) and Hans Hermans (Wilrijk, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Dryer for a compressed gas includes a pressure vessel containing a drying zone and a regeneration zone, a drum provided with regenerable drying agent, an inlet for the supply of the compressed gas to be dried to the drying zone, an outlet for the expulsion of dried compr...