US Patent Issued to Orion Engineered Carbons IP on April 1 for "Anti-fouling device for heat exchangers and its use" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,885, issued on April 1, was assigned to Orion Engineered Carbons IP GmbH & Co. KG (Monheim, Germany).

"Anti-fouling device for heat exchangers and its use" was invented by Kay Schmidt (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Arndt-Peter Schinkel (Marienhausen, Germany) and Vitus Dorfner (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anti-fouling device includes an elongated displacement body insertable in a heat exchanger tube to reduce the flow cross-sectional area in a portion of the tube. A mount is connected to the elongated displacement body for attaching the device to an end of the heat exchanger tube. The mount is configur...