ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,437, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Syntegon Technology GmbH (Waiblingen, Germany).

"Rotary press and method for cleaning a rotary press" was invented by Werner Runft (Winnenden, Germany), Torsten Grass (Urbach, Germany) and Fabian Werner (Waiblingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary press (10), in particular a rotary tablet press, includes a rotor (14) rotatable about an axis of rotation (12) and a cleaning device (16) for cleaning the rotary press (10). The cleaning device (16) includes at least one spray opening (18), in particular a plurality of spray openings (18), for spraying a cleaning agent (20). The cle...