ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,179, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to BUHLER AG (Uzwil, Switzerland).
"Distribution device for an extruder" was invented by Frieder Klein (Tagerwilen, Switzerland), Silvan Sattler (Wilen b. Wil, Switzerland), Robert Mitchell (Zurich, Switzerland) and David Meile (Wil, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a distribution device for an extruder, comprising at least two conduits leading away from a distribution unit, each conduit having a temperature-control device. The present invention further relates to an extrusion system comprising a distribution device of the above kind and to a method for pro...