US Patent Issued to Metso Outotec Finland on March 18 for "Feedwell apparatus, trough, plant and use" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,649, issued on March 18, was assigned to Metso Outotec Finland Oy (Tampere, Finland).

"Feedwell apparatus, trough, plant and use" was invented by Richard Triglavcanin (Perth, Australia) and Stephen Viduka (Perth, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A feedwell apparatus trough, plant and use. The apparatus is adapted to materials including liquids carrying suspended particles, such as slurry containing minerals. The feedwell apparatus includes a supply channel for receiving the material, a trough, a first end of which being connected in fluid communication with the supply channel. The trough has a curved shape that turns in one ...