ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,013, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to VEOLIA WATER SOLUTIONS & TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORT (Saint-Maurice, France).
"Coanda effect induced lamellae cleaning system for wastewater and drinking water treatment clarifier" was invented by Guillaume Perin (Pierrefonds, Canada), Martin Caspar (Montreal, Canada), Christian Scott (Montreal, Canada) and Guillaume Jeudy (Montreal, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for a Coanda effect-induced tube settler assembly lamellae cleaning system for raw water or semi-potable drinking water treatment clarifier. A tangential compressed air source is injected from compressed air tubes...