ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,398, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Maag Germany GmbH (Grossostheim, Germany).
"Underwater pelletizer" was invented by Dominik Buchholz (Straelen, Germany), Michael Eloo (Xanten, Germany), Patrick Sladky (Geldern, Germany), Jurgen Veltel (Kevelaer, Germany) and Michael A. Fridley (Troutville, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An underwater pelletizer including a die plate, a cutting chamber housing having a cutting chamber and a rotatably drivable cutter head, which is arranged in the cutting chamber for dividing melt strands output from the die plate into pellets. The cutting chamber is flushed through by process water which ...