ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,710, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong).
"Sweating simulator" was invented by Jintu Fan (Hong Kong) and Amir Shahzad (Hong Kong).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sweating simulator has a foundation panel (14), a panel (1) and a temperature control panel (2), a fixture for fixing a specimen, a container (7) for holding simulated sweat, a container (15) for collecting the simulated sweat, and a plurality of weighing scales for measuring masses of the simulated sweat supplied, evaporated and dripped from the specimen, respectively. The panel (1) and temperature control panel (2) constitute a...