ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,108, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to NOWE GMBH (Elze, Germany).

"Apparatus for filling a container with bulk material" was invented by Werner Bartling (Elze, Germany), Alexander Reich (Meerbusch, Germany) and Ralf WeiB (Banteln, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an apparatus for filling a container with bulk material, having a storage container for the bulk material with a closable lid and an outlet, a metering device arranged below the storage container, a pneumatic conveying device for conveying the bulk material with the aid of compressed air into the container to be filled via a conveying hose with ...