ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,362, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Ecolab USA Inc. (Saint Paul, Minn.).
"Dosage pump with low energy consumption" was invented by Rudolf Albrecht (Bad Aibling, Germany) and Max Lackner (Inzell, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is provided a dosage pump (10) comprising a pump housing (12), a first valve (18), a second valve (20), an actuation lever (22), wherein the actuating lever (22) is adapted to be tilted around a tilting axis (24), a disc (34) for providing a torque, wherein the disc (34) is adapted to rotate around an input axis, a first cam (26) connected to the disc (34) and a second cam (30) connected to the di...