US Patent Issued to BASF COATINGS on Sept. 15 for "Device and method for refilling and transferring solid raw materials from a container into a mixer" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,221, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to BASF COATINGS GMBH (Muenster, Germany).

"Device and method for refilling and transferring solid raw materials from a container into a mixer" was invented by Ralf Berg (Munster, Germany), Frank Joege (Munster, Germany), Jeremy Fouillet (Munster, Germany) and Bernhard Hueser (Munster, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a unit for refilling and transferring solid raw materials as well as a method for refilling and transferring solid raw materials from original containers into a process mixer, using the unit."

The patent was filed on Oct. 16, 2020, under Application No. 1...