ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,459, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Industrial Vacuum Transfer Services USA LLC (Houston).
"Systems, assemblies, and methods for pyrophoric material extraction" was invented by Randall Earl Thomas (Harwood, Texas), Reggie Boggs (Houston) and Ryan Thomas (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, assemblies, and methods to enhance extraction of pyrophoric materials from a refinery apparatus may include supplying a pressurized fluid to a plurality of vacuum generators, and generating, via the plurality of vacuum generators using the pressurized fluid, a vacuum flow. A manifold may provide a flow path for the vacuum flow, and py...