US Patent Issued to ETABLISSEMENTS ANDRE ZALKIN on June 3 for "Device for removing dust from closures by ionization" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,821, issued on June 3, was assigned to ETABLISSEMENTS ANDRE ZALKIN ET CIE (Montreuil l'Argille, France).

"Device for removing dust from closures by ionization" was invented by Laurent Staelens (Montreuil l'Argille, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for removing dust from closures which are capable of circulating in a chute extending along a longitudinal axis (y-y'), includes a suction system arranged around the chute and are capable of sucking up the dissociated dust from the closures, and including at least one ionization bar extending longitudinally alongside the chute."

The patent was filed on Jan. 13, 2021, under App...