US Patent Issued to Warren Rupp on May 27 for "Leak detection for air operated double diaphragm pump" (Ohio, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,506, issued on May 27, was assigned to Warren Rupp Inc. (Mansfield, Ohio).

"Leak detection for air operated double diaphragm pump" was invented by Edward Kupp (Skaneateles, N.Y.) and Robert Beasley (Mansfield, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more systems are disclosed for leak detection for a pump that include a reservoir having a chamber with an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is configured to couple to an exhaust of a pump and the reservoir is configured to create a vortex flow therein. An optical sensor is positioned at a bottom of the reservoir with a detecting portion of the optical sensor extending into the chamber. T...