ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,720, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Omachron Intellectual Property Inc. (Hampton, Canada).
"Non-cyclonic momentum separator and a surface cleaning apparatus" was invented by Wayne Ernest Conrad (Hampton, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surface cleaning apparatus includes a momentum separator, which includes an outer liquid collection chamber and an inner solid collection chamber that is positioned within the outer liquid collection chamber and separated from the outer liquid collection chamber by an inner chamber wall. At least a portion of the inner chamber wall is porous. The air flow path comprises an inlet conduit that ...