US Patent Issued to WEIR MINERALS AUSTRALIA on Dec. 16 for "Grooved side liner for centrifugal pump" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,976, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to WEIR MINERALS AUSTRALIA LTD. (Australia).

"Grooved side liner for centrifugal pump" was invented by Garry Glaves (Eastwood, Australia) and Cesar Calma (Penshurst, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is side liner for a centrifugal pump. The side liner comprises an aperture for access to a central chamber of the centrifugal pump through the side liner. The side liner also comprises a plurality of grooves on a surface contacting material pumped by the centrifugal pump, the plurality of grooves extending radially from an inner edge of the surface, located near the aperture, to an ou...