ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,754, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SYSTEM CERAMICS S.P.A. (Fiorano Modenese, Italy).
"Dispensing device for a granular material" was invented by Ivan Ghirelli (Castellarano, Italy), Franco Gozzi (Formigine, Italy) and Paolo Vaccari (Modena, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispensing device for dispensing a granular material, comprising a dispensing channel (20) provided with an inlet opening (21) and an outlet opening (22). The dispensing channel (20) comprises an intermediate portion (23), which connects the inlet (21) and outlet (22) openings and is provided with a longitudinal axis (Y); the intermediate portion (23) ha...