ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,624, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to MIT MARKETING INTERNATIONAL Co. LTD. (Taichung City, Taiwan).

"Solar panel recycling and sorting machine" was invented by Mei-Chin Lee (Taichung City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar panel recycling and sorting machine includes a crushing device and a recycling device. The crushing device is provided with a crushing tank, and the crushing device is configured to project metal particles into the crushing tank. The recycling device includes a first conveyor belt, a first magnetic separator, a recycling tube, and a metal particle container. The metal particles from the crushing tank is...