ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,163, issued on April 7, was assigned to KRONES AG (Neutraubling, Germany).

"Free-jet filling for a container with a multi-component filling product" was invented by Andreas Hippel (Neutraubling, Germany), Stefan Elsperger (Neutraubling, Germany) and Michael Neubauer (Neutraubling, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method and apparatus for the free-jet filling of a container with a filling product, for example a beverage. The apparatus includes several product components. The method includes holding the container by means of a container holder; and introducing the product components into the container so that the product componen...