ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,981, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Compagnie Generale Des Etablissements Michelin (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Centre National De La Recharche Scientifique (Paris), Ecole Nationale Superieure De Mecanique Et D'Aerotechnique (Futuroscope Chasseneuil, France) and Universite De Poitiers (Poitiers, France).
"Apparatus for separating the components of a mixture of fibres and granules by beating the mixture by means of an alternating electric field" was invented by Thami Zeghloul (Puymoyen, France), Lucien Dascalescu (Saint Germain en Laye, France), Karim Medles (Gond Pontoutvre, France), Thomas Simonelli (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Christophe Le Clerc (Clermont-Ferrand, France)....