US Patent Issued to STONEAGE on July 1 for "Flexible tube cleaning lance positioner frame apparatus" (Colorado, New Mexico Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,483, issued on July 1, was assigned to STONEAGE INC. (Durango, Colo.).

"Flexible tube cleaning lance positioner frame apparatus" was invented by Matthew B. Hastey (Durango, Colo.), Cody R. Montoya (Aztec, N.M.) and Joseph A. Schneider (Durango, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A frame apparatus for holding a flexible lance positioning drive device adjacent to and spaced from a heat exchanger tube sheet includes an upper guide rail carrying a movable carriage supporting a drive positioner rail having a drive support carriage and an air motor drive assembly fastened to each of the carriages, each air motor drive assembly comprising ...