ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,978, issued on May 12, was assigned to CiTEX Holding GmbH (Melle, Germany).
"Method for determining a mass flow and conveying and measuring device" was invented by Marius Thiel (Osnabruck, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for determining a mass flow of bulk material in a conveyor line includes providing a conveyor line, continuously receiving bulk material, transporting the bulk material on the conveyor line, and discharging the bulk material at an end point of the conveyor line. The conveyor line includes an array of weighing cells having a plurality of weighing cells successive in a direction of transport."
The paten...