ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,658, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Memjet Technology Ltd. (Dublin).
"Aerosol extraction unit with opposite air and suction manifolds" was invented by James Lawrence (North Ryde, Australia), Mark Profaca (North Ryde, Australia), Glenn Horrocks (North Ryde, Australia) and Sergey Kuzmin (North Ryde, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerosol extraction unit includes: a frame having first and second opposite side bars extending parallel with a media feed direction; and aerosol extractors extending perpendicular to the media feed direction between the first and second side bars. Each aerosol extractor includes: an air knife...