US Patent Issued to NOTHUM MANUFACTURING on June 16 for "Production flow-rate measurement options for food process lines" (Missouri Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,160, issued on June 16, was assigned to NOTHUM MANUFACTURING COMPANY (Springfield, Mo.).

"Production flow-rate measurement options for food process lines" was invented by Robert G. Nothum Jr. (Willard, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transfer conveyor for food process lines has an endless conveyor belt characterized by an upper, food-product carrying run and a lower, return run. The upper, food-product carrying run defines a transit plane. The upper, food-product carrying run also extends between an intake end and a discharge end. The upper, food-product carrying run furthermore has a first pleat below the transit plane proximat...