US Patent Issued to GEA MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT ITALIA on June 24 for "Membrane-based piston pump and a homogenising apparatus comprising the membrane-based piston pump" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,811, issued on June 24, was assigned to GEA MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT ITALIA S.p.A. (Parma, Italy).

"Membrane-based piston pump and a homogenising apparatus comprising the membrane-based piston pump" was invented by Massimiliano Benassi (Parma, Italy), Filippo Fontanesi (Parma, Italy) and Matteo Folezzani (Parma, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piston pump including a membrane separating a product side from a hydraulic side for a hydraulic fluid, a reciprocating piston operatively active on the hydraulic fluid, and a valve system to establish a selective fluid communication between the hydraulic side and a tank containing the hydra...