ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,106, issued on April 14, was assigned to HETWIN AUTOMATION SYSTEMS GMBH (Langkampfen, Austria).
"Device for picking up animal excrement" was invented by Josef Hetzenauer (Langkampfen, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for picking up animal excrement includes a propulsion device for propelling the device, a pick-up device with a worm housing and a drivable conveyor worm arranged in the worm housing and which extends in a longitudinal direction to pick up animal excrement on the ground. The conveyor worm includes, along its longitudinal extent, a first conveyor section with a first conveying direction and a second convey...