US Patent Issued to Kadant Black Clawson on Oct. 14 for "Screen cylinder with improved slot width protection and method of removing solid contaminants from a solid suspension" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,135, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Kadant Black Clawson LLC (Lebanon, Ohio).

"Screen cylinder with improved slot width protection and method of removing solid contaminants from a solid suspension" was invented by Daniel Parenteau (Blainville, Canada), Guy Maurais (Terrebonne, Canada), Mark Mouannes (Laval, Canada), Peter Joseph Flynn (Loveland, Ohio), Christopher L. Demler (Lebanon, Ohio) and Donald K. Greier (Dayton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A screen cylinder includes a profiled bars aligned longitudinally and coupled to at least one support ring. Each of the profiled bars includes an outer surface facing away from t...