ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,355, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Hygentile AG (Staufen, Switzerland).

"Plant for filling and closing cans under hygienic conditions" was invented by Andreas Kunzmann (Staufen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plant (1) for filling and closing cans (2) under hygienic conditions which comprises a hygienic compartment (3), a lid applying device (7) and an inlet (30) for a filling material. The lid applying device (7) is arranged in the hygienic compartment (3) and the inlet (30) is formed on the hygienic compartment (3). When used as intended, one or more cans (2) can be assigned to the hygienic compartment (3) and th...