ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,932, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SMC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Fluid circuit for intermittent air discharge" was invented by Hidenori Takai (Tsukubamirai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intermittent air discharge fluid circuit includes a main valve including a discharge pilot chamber and a pilot valve including an air supply pilot chamber. The main valve is switched between a first position in which the air supply pilot chamber is connected to an air supply source and a discharge port is open to atmosphere, and a second position in which the air supply pilot chamber is open to atmosphere and the discharge port is connected to t...