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Self-cleaning tank

US12214957B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Spokane Stainless Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

Nathan Hayes Owen · Spokane Valley, US
Nathan Scott Batson · Colbert, US
Thomas Raymond Rodgers · Spokane, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 30, 2022
Grant date	Feb 4, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 13, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T137/4238
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A tank, such as a fermentation tank, includes a scraper blade assembly slideably coupled to a bottom surface of the tank. The scraper blade assembly includes a blade arranged to displace solids deposited on the bottom surface of the tank out through an aperture arranged flush with the bottom surface of the tank.

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