ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,033, issued on July 8, was assigned to KSB SE & Co. KGaA (Frankenthal, Germany).
"Wastewater-lifting system" was invented by Juergen Geinitz (Frankenthal, Germany) and Michael Becker (Frankenthal, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wastewater-lifting system includes at least one bulky material-collection tank with at least one separating screen arranged in its interior for retaining bulky materials in wastewater loaded with bulky materials passing through the bulky material-collection tank. The system also includes at least one pump connected to the bulky material collection tank via at least one connection line. The separating ...