ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,249, issued on July 21, was assigned to AMAZONEN-WERKE H. DREYER SE & Co. KG (Hasbergen, Germany).
"Granulate portioning means" was invented by Stephan Teckemeyer (Lotte, Germany) and Florenz Hilbert (Emsdetten, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a granulate portioning means (10) for an agricultural spreading machine, comprising: a portioning rotor (30), which is designed to combine granulate grains during a rotational movement to form granulate portions; a housing (12), in which the portioning rotor (30) is arranged, wherein the housing comprises a housing main body (14) and a housing cover (16); and an ...