ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,706, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to GIS Gas Infusion Systems Inc. (Saint Andrews, Canada).
"High-efficiency airlift pump" was invented by David Glassford (Saint Andrews, Canada) and Mike Beattie (Saint Andrews, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document describes a gas streaming device for use between an injection port and a mixing chamber within an airlift pump, and an airlift pump with the gas streaming device. The gas streaming device includes a planar plate with multiple holes extending therethrough, where the holes are dimensioned to direct the gas into multiple micro-streams for streaming air from the injection por...