ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,670, issued on June 17, was assigned to STONEAGE INC. (Durango, Colo.).
"Indexer and method of use thereof" was invented by Terry D. Gromes Sr. (Navarre, Ohio), Terry D. Gromes Jr. (Navarre, Ohio), Kristen E. Griffin (Navarre, Ohio), Jon M. Shockey Jr. (Canton, Ohio), Gordon W. East (North Canton, Ohio) and William C. Jackson (Cleveland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for cleaning of heat exchanger tubes including an assembly, an indexer, and a communication device provided with specialized software and programming. The indexer includes orthogonally arranged first and second arms. A trolley and sensors are provided...