US Patent Issued to BetterFedFoods on Oct. 20 for "Feed block production method using vacuum pressure" (American, Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,578, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to BetterFedFoods LLC (Wamego, Kan.).

"Feed block production method using vacuum pressure" was invented by James S. Drouillard (Olsburg, Kan.) and Gabriel Porcel Zylberlicht (Campinas, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated system (100) for producing animal feed blocks is disclosed. A sealable vessel (110) supported by a load cell (114,116) contains a liquid ingredient. Steps of agitating with an agitator (142), applying a continuous high vacuum, and heating with a steam jacket (128) having multiple heat zones occur upon the liquid ingredient. A controller (164) monitors the weight cha...