ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,852, issued on April 7, was assigned to ALBERT HANDTMANN MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH & Co. KG (Biberach, Germany).
"Filling machine and method for radially aligning a spout" was invented by Luis Eble (Wolpertswende, Germany), Marcel Nusser (Laupheim, Germany) and Gerhard Schliesser (Wain, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a filling machine and a method for filling foodstuffs, in particular for sausage production, with a spout for ejecting the foodstuff and with a support device for supporting, in particular rotatably supporting the spout about a longitudinal axis L. The device for radially aligning the bent sp...