US Patent Issued to THE TORO on July 15 for "Air blower and/or vacuum with static charge mitigation" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,363,816, issued on July 15, was assigned to THE TORO COMPANY (Bloomington, Minn.).

"Air blower and/or vacuum with static charge mitigation" was invented by Landon Martin Schulteis (Prior Lake, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus may be configured as a blower, vacuum, or combination thereof. The apparatus includes a fan and motor operable to generate an airflow. A flow tube of the apparatus has an inlet end, an outlet end and an interior surface. The flow tube is coupled receive the airflow at the inlet end and deliver the airflow to the outlet end. An ion generator of the apparatus is operable to ionize the airflow moving t...