ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,654, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Kioxia Corp. (Tokyo).
"End material recovery apparatus" was invented by Takafumi Yonezawa (Yokohama Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end material recovery apparatus includes a plurality of cages each in which an upper portion is opened, the plurality of cages each having at least one surface formed of at least one of a mesh-like surface and a porous surface, the plurality of cages being configured to receive a mixed liquid in which an end material is mixed with a liquid from the upper portion, collect at least a part of the end material in the mixed liquid, and discharge the li...