US Patent Issued to Metso Finland on Dec. 30 for "Hydrocyclone for detecting formation of a roping state" (Finnish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,603, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Metso Finland Oy (Espoo, Finland).

"Hydrocyclone for detecting formation of a roping state" was invented by Matti Sakaranaho (Oulu, Finland), Teemu Soini (Kuopio, Finland), Jari Kourunen (Kuopio, Finland), Jani Kaartinen (Kuopio, Finland), Janne Loimi (Helsinki) and Kari Heiskanen (Helsinki).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydrocyclone for separating feed into overflow and underflow comprises a feed inlet, an overflow outlet, an apex for discharging underflow, an upper section connected to the feed inlet and the overflow outlet, a conical section between the upper section and the apex and a plu...