US Patent Issued to Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance on April 29 for "Dust collection device and method for filtering powder" (Swiss, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,712, issued on April 29, was assigned to Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. (Pully, Switzerland).

"Dust collection device and method for filtering powder" was invented by Thomas Eggler (Rothrist, Switzerland), Denis Steffen (Granichen, Switzerland), Devis Gangale (Rupperswil, Switzerland) and Richard Chapman (Eastcote Towcester, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dust collection device and method for filtering powder from powder-filled air in a food product processing system. The dust collection device includes a venturi mixer having an inlet for receiving powder-filled air, a liquid inlet for receiving liquid, and a nozz...