ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,183, issued on March 18, was assigned to GEA MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT ITALIA S.p.A. (Parma, Italy).
"Valve" was invented by Michael Jarchau (Lubeck, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve including a valve body having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, the valve body comprising a first valve element and a second valve element arranged in a housing. A gap is formed between the valve elements, the first valve element being conformed as a sleeve with an inner surface that tapers at least in sections towards the fluid outlet, the second valve element being conformed as a cone mounted in the sleeve, with the same inclination as the in...