US Patent Issued to Elcometer on April 29 for "Control system for abrasive blasting apparatus and abrasive blasting apparatus" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,843, issued on April 29, was assigned to Elcometer Ltd. (Manchester, Great Britain).

"Control system for abrasive blasting apparatus and abrasive blasting apparatus" was invented by Ian Mason (Cheshire, Great Britain), John Grimshaw (Oldham, Great Britain) and Michael Carrington Sellars (Cheshire, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for controlling abrasive blasting apparatus and an abrasive blasting apparatus including such a control system. The control system controls delivery of air and blast media to a blast nozzle of the abrasive blasting apparatus. The control system includes a deadman's switch, the dea...