US Patent Issued to METSO FINLAND on Dec. 30 for "Filter plate assembly for a filter press, and such a filter press" (Finnish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,524, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to METSO FINLAND OY (Espoo, Finland).

"Filter plate assembly for a filter press, and such a filter press" was invented by Mirva Mustakangas (Pirkkala, Finland), Janne Kaipainen (Halsua, Finland), Ismo Juvonen (Rauha, Finland) and Teemu Eloranta (Luumaki, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter plate assembly for a filter press, comprising a filter frame and a filter plate supported on the filter frame. A diaphragm is provided between the filter frame and the filter plate, the diaphragm further comprising, on a side facing the filter frame, a seal bead for sealing the diaphragm against the ...