ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,309, issued on May 27, was assigned to BREVETS LLC (Lewes, Del.).
"Couplable closed extractors and methods for their use" was invented by Mark A Buese (Fleming Island, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closed couplable extractor has a plurality of tubes that function as extracting chamber tubes and/or solution receiver tubes where the tubes are fixed or reversibly connected. Tubes from two closed couplable extractors can be placed in proximal contact to exchange heat between tubes in coupled extractors. Adjacent pairs of tubes in an extractor are connected by at least two transfer conduits, allowing positioning the pair of tubes ...