US Patent Issued to Maschio Gaspardo on Sept. 22 for "Raised wall for hoppers, in particular for fertilizer spreading machines and hopper obtained in this manner" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,506, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Maschio Gaspardo S.p.A. (Campodarsego, Italy).

"Raised wall for hoppers, in particular for fertilizer spreading machines and hopper obtained in this manner" was invented by Andrea Maschio (Morsano al Tagliamento, Italy) and Stefano Zaramella (Campo San Martino, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A raised wall for hoppers. The wall has one panel with opposing ends arranged for connection to corresponding ends of an adjacent panel. The wall further has a seal applied between adjacent panels at a connection. The panel comprises a plugging surface with longitudinal edges configured to be joined...