ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,171, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Unibloc Hygienic Technologies UK Ltd. (Bolney, Great Britain).
"Drum unloading station with improved lance design" was invented by Robert George Grantham-Hill (Southwater, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drum unloading station has a plurality of lances which can move intermediate stand-by to in-use configurations as well as up and down, preferably pneumatically, electronically, or otherwise as may be directed by a processor. The lances preferably have self-draining tips with ports above a base whereby the base can rest against a bag in a container to prevent the bag from restrict...