ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,724, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Broadview Group International LLC (Brook Park, Ohio).

"Separator device" was invented by Stephen Carl Paspek (Broadview Heights, Ohio), Joseph Edward Bork (Westlake, Ohio), Alan Fredrick Schroeder (Cleveland) and Kris Edelsward (Lockport, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary impact separator is provided for separating a material. The rotary impact separator includes a body portion comprising one or more walls. The one or more walls define a substantially hollow chamber, an inlet opening, a first outlet opening, and a second outlet opening. The rotary impact separator includes an impact ...