ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,783, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to BUNRI INCORPORATION (Tokyo).

"Vortex flow device for removing foreign matter from a liquid" was invented by Makoto Tashiro (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one aspect of the present invention, a filtration device includes a tank portion including a first tank to which a liquid containing foreign matters flows, and a pump provided at a central portion of the first tank to discharge the liquid stored in the first tank. The first tank includes a bottom surface, four side surfaces connected to the bottom surface, four corners to which the bottom surface and two of the four side su...