US Patent Issued to Hypertherm on July 8 for "Measuring abrasive flow rates in a conduit" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,790, issued on July 8, was assigned to Hypertherm Inc. (Hanover, N.H.).

"Measuring abrasive flow rates in a conduit" was invented by Ernst H. Schubert (Snoqualmie Pass, Wash.), Kevin A. Hay (Des Moines, Wash.) and Axel H. Henning (Black Diamond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to abrasive material delivery systems for liquid jet cutting systems. The abrasive material delivery systems can include a valve configured to adjust an inflow of abrasive material into the abrasive material delivery system from a source of abrasive material. The systems can include a chamber downstream of the valve and config...