ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,471, issued on July 29, was assigned to Eddy Pump Corp..
"Slurry removal system" was invented by Daniel Wahlgren (Escondido, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slurry removal system includes a tank, an eddy pump, and a pipe system. The tank is configured to receive a mixture of solid material and liquid. The eddy pump has a pump inlet connected to the tank and a pump outlet. The pipe system is connected to the pump outlet and including a discharge line and a recirculation line. The eddy pump is configured to pump the mixture of solid material and liquid from the tank through the pump inlet to the recirculation line to form an es...