US Patent Issued to Purcell Industries on July 15 for "Cartridge carriers and dispensing apparatuses for bulk item storage systems" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,111, issued on July 15, was assigned to Purcell Industries Inc. (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

"Cartridge carriers and dispensing apparatuses for bulk item storage systems" was invented by David Conway (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Russell Conway (Santa Cruz, Calif.), Eric Bodnar (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and Matias Botero (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Dispensing apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided. The dispensing apparatus includes a main body configured to receive a bulk product into a main body volume via an open top. The dispensing apparatus further includes a drop valve positioned below and connected to the main body at a pivot poi...