ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,524, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH (Beijing).
"Water resource circulation and purification device" was invented by Xiangyi Ding (Beijing), Min Li (Beijing), Meirong Jia (Beijing) and Yingying Zhang (Beijing).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water resource circulation and purification device includes a floating member floating on water to receive salvaged floating objects, a first shaft rotatably connected to the floating member, a power mechanism configured to drive the first shaft to rotate, a plurality of fishing mechanisms configured to salvage the floating objects in th...