ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,593, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to VERSUNI HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Vortex finder for a cyclonic separator" was invented by Johannes Tseard Van Der Kooi (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Emiel Koopmans (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention describes a vortex finder for a cyclonic separator. The vortex finder includes a plurality of stationary vanes around which incoming air is guided into the vortex finder, in which a side of the vanes facing the incoming air is provided with a protrusion at a stagnation point. The protrusion is shaped so as to guide the incoming air into the vortex finde...