ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,870, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Kadant Black Clawson LLC (Lebanon, Ohio).
"Rotor with forward-swept struts for pressure screen cylinders" was invented by John Joseph Egan III (Centerville, Ohio) and Cameron Coale Demler (Maineville, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to rotors for pressure screens with cylinders for screening solid contaminants from a solid slurry. The rotor includes a cylindrical hub, a plurality of foils spaced radially outward from the hub, and a plurality of struts coupling the plurality of foils to the hub. The struts include a forward edge having a forward-swept shape...