US Patent Issued to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND on July 29 for "Configuration for expedited filling and emptying of an amine bed" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,488, issued on July 29, was assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND Corp. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Configuration for expedited filling and emptying of an amine bed" was invented by Mark A. Zaffetti (Suffield, Conn.) and Daniel J. Kehoe (Coventry, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A swing bed absorption apparatus includes a bed including a bed housing including, an outer surface, an interior chamber, and a flared interior passageway fluidly connecting the interior chamber to an area located outside of the bed. The flared interior passageway includes an opening in the outer surface, a chamber opening at the interior chamber, a first portion loca...