ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,839, issued on July 14, was assigned to GEA FOOD SOLUTIONS BAKEL B.V. (Bakel, Netherlands).

"Vibratory conveyor, food processing line and method of processing food products" was invented by Harrie Van Beers (JN Budel, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vibratory conveyor for shaking food products and conveying the food products in a horizontal direction, the conveyor includes at least one transport element configured to carry the food products and to allow draining of liquid through the at least one transport element, an actuator configured to cause a vibration of the at least one transport element, the actuator is configur...