ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,671, issued on March 24, was assigned to MAYEKAWA MFG. Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Rotary freezing device for freezing granules" was invented by Jun Miura (Tokyo), Masashi Kato (Tokyo), Masaaki Hanazaki (Tokyo), Hiroki Ito (Tokyo) and Toshikazu Sugiyama (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary freezing device for freezing granules according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a circulation passage; a fan for circulating cold air through the circulation passage; a cooler disposed in the circulation passage and configured to cool the cold air; and a cooling drum disposed in the circulation passage and configured to freez...