US Patent Issued to GEA Mechanical Equipment on May 20 for "Separator for separating a flowable suspension into two flowable phases of different density" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,918, issued on May 20, was assigned to GEA Mechanical Equipment GmbH (Oelde, Germany).

"Separator for separating a flowable suspension into two flowable phases of different density" was invented by Rudiger Gohmann (Oelde, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A separator includes a housing that is stationary during operation and designed as a tank having at least two openings. A drum located inside the housing can be rotated about an axis of rotation, the drum having an axis of rotation and at least one opening. A gap is formed at least in sections or continuously between the drum and the housing. The separator also includes a suppo...