US Patent Issued to The Cope Company Salt on Dec. 16 for "Brine generation system with freeze protection" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,308, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to The Cope Co. Salt (Lancaster, Pa.).

"Brine generation system with freeze protection" was invented by Brandon Hinkle (Lancaster, Pa.), Marc Hertzler (Lancaster, Pa.) and John Connell (Lancaster, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brine generation system having a tank for containing crystalline salt, a level control system regulating a water supply to the tank which maintains a desired fluid level within the tank, and a freeze protection system with a duct peripherally disposed on an interior tank sidewall, the duct defining an interior space into which is placed a thermostatically controlled h...