US Patent Issued to GEA TDS on Aug. 26 for "Method and device for controlling the production of an extract using a solid-liquid extraction process" (German, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,243, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to GEA TDS GmbH (Sarstedt, Germany).

"Method and device for controlling the production of an extract using a solid-liquid extraction process" was invented by Colm O'Gorman (Royston, Great Britain), Ulrich Rolle (Everswinkel, Germany), Maria Carmen Leal Garcia (Munster, Germany), Ludger Tacke (Velen, Germany) and Franz-Josef Helms (Sarstedt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Controlling the production of an extract using solid-liquid extraction that improves the exchange of material during the extraction process and allows a controlled dehumidification of a raffinate with residual moisture in ...