ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,618, issued on July 8, was assigned to MCI Engineering & Consulting LLC (Dickinson, N.D.).
"Apparatus for collection and removal of condensate liquid from a process vessel" was invented by Travis Cain (Dickinson, N.D.) and Matthew Moenkedick (Dickinson, N.D.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a blowpipe assembly for removing at intervals liquid, such as pulled from a knockout assembly, having a three-way electrically operated valve, tuning fork level sensors, and access to the blowpipe interior."
The patent was filed on Dec. 8, 2022, under Application No. 18/063,677.
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