ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,737, issued on July 1, was assigned to Eriez Manufacturing Co. (Erie, Pa.).
"Sparger status sensor system" was invented by Michael J. Mankosa (Erie, Pa.), Ronald P. Krahe (Girard, Pa.) and James Jukkola (Erie, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor system for a sparger having a housing with an inlet configured to receive a flow of compressed gas for injection of bubbles into a flotation system. The sensor system comprises a flow measurement device in line with the inlet and a movable rod assembly within the housing. A sensor and a target that move relative to each other, wherein one of the sensor and the target is located in the ...