US Patent Issued to The Charles Works on July 29 for "Batch processing of material collected by a vacuum excavation unit" (Oklahoma Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,513, issued on July 29, was assigned to The Charles Works Inc. (Perry, Okla.).

"Batch processing of material collected by a vacuum excavation unit" was invented by Floyd R. Gunsaulis (Perry, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for converting material within a vacuum tank that contains a mixture of liquid and solid material into a solidified batch of material. The method utilizes various devices to measure different features and properties of the tank and its contents to determine an amount of drying agent to be added to the tank. The method further utilizes various devices and methods for adding the drying agent to the tank...