ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,570, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to BRUCKNER MASCHINENBAU GMBH (Siegsdorf, Germany).

"Solar-thermal process temperature control system for a film stretching unit" was invented by Quirin Weidacher (Traunstein, Germany) and Benjamin Durr (Traunstein, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A film stretching unit uses a solar-thermal process temperature control system for a film stretching unit. The process temperature control system comprises at least a solar heat generator and a heat storage unit. A heat consumer circuit is connected to the heat storage unit in order to be capable of drawing stored thermal energy to supply a film s...