US Patent Issued to TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT on April 21 for "Feeder and method for feeding raw material comprising plastic" (Finnish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,350, issued on April 21, was assigned to TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT OY (Espoo, Finland).

"Feeder and method for feeding raw material comprising plastic" was invented by Matti Nieminen (Espoo, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a feeder and method for feeding raw material which comprises plastic to a gasification, pyrolysis or combustion furnace, in which the feeder comprises a screw feeder part and a pneumatic feeder part in order to form a combined feeder for feeding the raw material, the screw feeder part comprises at least a screw to transfer the raw material to the pneumatic feeder part and at le...