ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,606, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Tetra Laval Holding & Finance S.A. (Pully, Switzerland).
"Ice cream extrusion system" was invented by Elsebeth Baungaard (Skanderborg, Denmark) and Anders Stougaard Baek (Aarhus C, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ice cream extrusion system comprising a manifold unit and a nozzle unit, the manifold unit comprising two manifolds having a respective inlet that branches into a respective set of flow paths, and a manifold interface to which all flow paths lead, the manifold interface comprising outlets for all the flow paths, where each flow path has an individual outlet in the manifold in...