ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,937, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. (Pully, Switzerland).
"Mixing unit and method for mixing a liquid product" was invented by Thomas Eggler (Rothrist, Switzerland), Denis Steffen (Granichen, Switzerland), Devis Gangale (Rupperswil, Switzerland) and Nora Magoni (Gretzenbach, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mixing unit (1) for mixing a liquid product (2) includes a tank (3) and a fluid nozzle (4) configured to inject a fluid flow (6, 7) of the liquid product (2) into the tank (3). The fluid nozzle (4) has a first outlet (20) that opens in a sideways direction (S), a second outlet (21)...