ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,912, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SYSTEM CERAMICS S.P.A. (Fiorano Modenese, Italy).

"Dryer for ceramic products" was invented by Carmine Sangiovanni (Formigine, Italy) and Eustachio Tarasco (Bologna, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dryer for ceramic products that includes a casing that encloses a drying chamber with drying channels that have a first movable plane equipped with a motor means provided to transport the ceramic products along a main direction, and a heating means provided to heat the drying chamber. The dryer further includes outlet channels in the drying chamber aligned with a respective drying channel alon...