US Patent Issued to IFP EUROPE, UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA on July 1 for "Apparatus and method for cleaning metal smallware" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,675, issued on July 1, was assigned to IFP EUROPE S.R.L. (Galliera Veneta, Italy) and UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA (Padua, Italy).

"Apparatus and method for cleaning metal smallware" was invented by Alberto Bertucco (Padua, Italy), Elena Barbera (Padua, Italy) and Giacomo Sabbadin (Galliera Veneta PD, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning apparatus for metal smallware is provided having a washing chamber configured to carry out a washing cycle and suction means connected to the washing chamber and configured to carry out a discharge cycle, a main absorption column having a first side and a second side opposite each other...