ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,370, issued on March 31, was assigned to SODAPOP GmbH (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany).
"Receiving device for receiving a bottle on a carbonation machine, carbonation machine, and method for using a carbonation machine" was invented by Stefan Stalder (Zollikofen, Switzerland) and Gunter Empl (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A receiving apparatus for receiving a bottle for a carbonation machine; the receiving apparatus has a securing apparatus for securing the bottle, the securing apparatus has a locking element, the locking element has a guiding means; when the receiving apparatus is moved from the bottle recei...