ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,881, issued on April 14, was assigned to IKA-Werke Gmbh & Co. KG (Staufen, Germany).

"Mixer" was invented by Severin Studer (Neuenberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mixer (1) having a measuring device (5) for determining a torque which can be applied using a mixing device drive (3) of the mixer to a medium to be mixed. The mixing device drive (3) is mounted to pivot within the housing (2) of the mixer (1) and is supported at least indirectly against at least one rotational direction of its two rotational directions. With the aid of the measuring device (5), a reaction force of this at least one support can be detected an...