ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,824, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. (Pully, Switzerland).
"Powder intake unit" was invented by Antoine Baron (Cholet, France), Frederic Odet (La May sur Evre, France), Christian Sieg (Saint-leger-sous-Cholet, France) and Cedric Bertali (Saint-leger-sous-Cholet, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powder intake unit is configured to receive powder from an opened powder bag. The powder intake unit includes an upper section defining an inlet, and a lower conical section that tapers radially inwardly from a top end at which the lower conical section is connected to the upper section to a bottom...