US Patent Issued to VEMAG Maschinenbau on June 16 for "Loading device with a portioning unit and operating method" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,894, issued on June 16, was assigned to VEMAG Maschinenbau GmbH (Verden, Germany).

"Loading device with a portioning unit and operating method" was invented by Nico Streu (Ahausen, Germany), Marco Horn (Walsrode, Germany), Achim Warnke (Syke, Germany) and Uwe Flammann (Kirchlinteln, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A loading device is provided for portioning food products into trays, including a feeder belt for receiving and conveying food products into a transfer zone; a conveyor belt for conveying the trays conveying direction into a loading zone below the transfer zone; and a portioning unit for portioning the food products ...