ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,608, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND (St Lucia, Australia).
"De-aerating froth products" was invented by Yongjun Peng (Middle Park, Australia) and Xumeng Chen (Chapel Hill, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus (40) for deaerating a froth comprising a spinning basket (44) mounted on a driven shaft (46). The side walls of the spinning basket have a mesh or openings therein. Froth is supplied to the interior of the spinning basket and contacts the floor of the spinning basket and is flung outwardly through the mesh or openings to break the bubbles and deaerate the froth. A solid wall (42)...