US Patent Issued to OSHKOSH on June 17 for "Automatic washout system for a mixer vehicle" (Wisconsin, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,339, issued on June 17, was assigned to OSHKOSH Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).

"Automatic washout system for a mixer vehicle" was invented by Chris L. Wurtz (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Cody D. Clifton (Mapleton, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A concrete mixer system includes a washout system and a controller. The washout system includes a tank configured to store a fluid, a plurality of electronically controllable valves in fluid communication with the tank, and a plurality of nozzles. One or more of the plurality of nozzles are fluidly coupled to a respective one of the plurality of electronically controllable valves. Each of the plurality of...