US Patent Issued to Nothum Manufacturing on June 23 for "Work-saving improvements for food-process lines" (Missouri Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,684, issued on June 23, was assigned to Nothum Manufacturing Co. (Springfield, Mo.).

"Work-saving improvements 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: "Work-saving improvements for food-process lines include mounting alternate machines of a food-process line on pivot hardware to speed up washing and maintenance operations. The improvements may include mounting the machines on rolling riding gear in order to speed up the activities of building and re-building food-process lines of a different series of machines. The improvements may include isolating the food-process lin...