US Patent Issued to Clean Safer Systems on Oct. 14 for "Self cleaning flow control valve in clean in place system" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,937, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Clean Safer Systems LLC (Victor, N.Y.).

"Self cleaning flow control valve in clean in place system" was invented by Robert Tuchrelo (Williamson, N.Y.), Nathan E. Smith (Hamlin, N.Y.) and Richard T. Aab (Fairport, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-contained food processor is provided for treating a food flow path in the food processor with a solution. The food flow path can be treated without requiring disassembly and reassembly of the food processor and without requiring direct operator input. The food processor includes a controller for directing passage of a solution through at least...