US Patent Issued to Sodick on July 8 for "Electrostatic precipitator and additive manufacturing apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,685, issued on July 8, was assigned to Sodick Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Electrostatic precipitator and additive manufacturing apparatus" was invented by Shuichi Kawada (Kanagawa, Japan) and Hiroki Tatsuno (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides an electrostatic precipitator, including: a gas inlet, supplied with gas containing dust that is a magnetic substance; a charging part, charging the dust; a collecting part, capturing the charged dust; a cleaning device, including at least one of a charging part cleaning device and a collecting part cleaning device; a magnet filter, provided downstream of the c...