ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,899, issued on Nov. 3.
"Self-centering clamping device" was invented by Raymond Baker (Wentzville, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-centering clamping device includes a cylinder that can be mated to an output pipe of a food product processing machine. A pair of clamp mounts is coupled to the cylinder and a pair of clamping units is pivotally coupled to a respective clamp mount. Each clamping unit is urgeable into a clamping position to secure the output pipe of the food product processing machine to the cylinder such that a food product can flow through the cylinder. Each clamping unit of the pair of clamping units is urgeabl...