ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,342, issued on May 27, was assigned to MESTEK INC. (Westfield, Mass.).

"Evaporative cooling system and device" was invented by George Michael Kaler Jr. (Trophy Club, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An evaporative cooling system includes an indirect cooling coil containing a cooling fluid to be circulated and a blower assembly configured to generate an inlet air stream through the indirect cooling coil. The cooling fluid in the indirect cooling coil is a slurry of water and phase change material."

The patent was filed on Dec. 8, 2020, under Application No. 17/114,743.

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