ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,413, issued on March 31, was assigned to RHEON AUTOMATIC MACHINERY Co. LTD. (Tochigi, Japan).

"Cleaning device for extension roller" was invented by Akinori Takama (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaning device for cleaning a surface of an extension roller of a dough extension apparatus includes a cleaning device body attached to the dough extension apparatus, and a band-like flexible cleaning member attached to the cleaning device body. The cleaning member includes ends and a cleaning portion with a cleaning surface. One end or both ends of the cleaning member is/are secured to the cleaning device body, and the cl...