ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,565, issued on May 5, was assigned to Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH (Allmersbach im Tal, Germany).

"Method for producing individual dosing quantities via a drum dosing device" was invented by Bernhard Handel (Allmersbach im Tal, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is for producing individual dosing quantities of a powdered product via a drum dosing device. A dosing drum has a dosing opening on its circumference. In an ejection position, an ejection process is effected, the dosing opening being subjected to a positive pressure and the dosing quantity being thereby ejected from the opening, and an associated eject...