ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,201, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN ISOVER (Courbevoie, France).
"Device for preparing an insulation product made from wool, in particular mineral wool" was invented by Alexia Michel (Paris) and David Luis (Breuil le Vert, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for preparing an insulation product based on wool, includes a chamber including an inlet opening through which a stream of carrier gas and a wool in the form of nodules or flakes are introduced, at least one system for generating a turbulent gas flow in the chamber, and an outlet opening through which flakes mixed with an outlet gas stream are expelled...