US Patent Issued to SEVENSON ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES on May 27 for "System for the controlled distribution of aquatic capping material and the capture of dust and particulates" (New York, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,418, issued on May 27, was assigned to SEVENSON ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC. (Niagara Falls, N.Y.).

"System for the controlled distribution of aquatic capping material and the capture of dust and particulates" was invented by Michael C. Elia (Burt, N.Y.), Steven C. Shaw (Bel Air, Md.) and Wayne Arthur Kostuk (Niagara Falls, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for the controlled distribution of capping material and the capture of dust and particulates includes an enclosure having a top wall and a continuous perimetrical side wall with an open bottom end. A cyclone inside the enclosure separates the air, dust, and particulates ...