US Patent Issued to Copeland Comfort Control on Sept. 23 for "Valves for filter driers and bi-flow filter driers including the same" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,220, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Copeland Comfort Control LP (St. Louis).

"Valves for filter driers and bi-flow filter driers including the same" was invented by Jeffrey N. Arensmeier (Fenton, Mo.) and Christopher J. Schroeder (St. Charles, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In exemplary embodiments, a bi-directional valve for a bi-flow filter drier includes a valve body and a movable valve member disposed within the valve body. The movable valve member is movable within the valve body between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the movable valve member permits fluid flow in a first or forward flow...