ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,246, issued on July 22, was assigned to FLUID-O-TECH S.R.L. (Milan).
"Pump particularly for pumping abrasive and/or chemically aggressive liquids" was invented by Diego Andreis (Milan), Pierpaolo Lucchesi (Milan), Stefano Copelli (Milan) and Carlo Gonella (Cuneo, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pump particularly for pumping abrasive and/or chemically aggressive liquids includes at least one rotating pumping member having a respective shaft, the at least one rotating pumping member being at least partially housed inside a pump body. The shaft is rotatably supported by at least one support associated with the pump body.The shaft...