ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,031, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Flow International Corp. (Kent, Wash.).
"Systems and apparatus for use of wet recycled abrasive and methods of operation of said systems and apparatus" was invented by Jordan J. Hopkins (Kenmore, Wash.), Adrian T. Kirn (Tacoma, Wash.), Blake G. Bozlee (Seatac, Wash.), Ethan E. Romanoff (Bonney Lake, Wash.), Glenn A. Erichsen (Everett, Wash.) and Mohamed A. Hashish (Bellevue, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are components, systems, and methods of operating an abrasive fluid jet system that recycles and reuses abrasive particles. The systems and methods described enable accu...