US Patent Issued to Mage on April 22 for "Method and apparatus for removing solids from a fluid stream" (Ohio, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,380, issued on April 22, was assigned to Mage LLC (North Canton, Ohio).

"Method and apparatus for removing solids from a fluid stream" was invented by Robert E. Miller (North Canton, Ohio), Scott E. Miller (North Canton, Ohio) and Franklin N. Koontz (Hampstead, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solids separation apparatus (SSA) for removing solids concentrate from a continuous fluid stream. The solids separation apparatus includes a tower. The SSA includes a transducer operably engaged with a first end of the tower and configured to generate a standing sonic wave inside of the tower. The SSA also includes a reflector operably engag...