ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,050, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to MAAG GERMANY GmbH (Grossostheim, Germany).
"Suction device for drying at least one plastic strand" was invented by Jochen Scheurich (Niedernberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suction device for drying at least one plastic strand, incorporates a suction housing having a top side, a bottom side and several lateral surfaces, the top side having an inlet opening and one of the other surfaces having an outlet opening for the flow of a drying medium therethrough, and a screening element which has through apertures a base area with a maximum length and a maximum width. Each through aperture ...