ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,568, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to MASCHINENBAU HEBROCK GMBH (Hullhorst, Germany).
"Edge-banding machine with pneumatic adhesive granulate feed" was invented by Frank Palm (Hullhorst, Germany), Alexander Mantler (Hullhorst, Germany) and Christian Hermsmeier (Hullhorst, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glue pot filling device for an edge banding machine includes a glue pot for melting an adhesive granulate, wherein the glue pot filling device further includes a storage container for holding the adhesive granulate, an adhesive granulate conveying device for pneumatically conveying the adhesive granulate from the storage ...