US Patent Issued to Weber Food Technology on Sept. 8 for "Drive unit for product hold-down element" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,554, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Weber Food Technology SE & Co. KG (Breidenbach, Germany).

"Drive unit for product hold-down element" was invented by Denise Wetter (Angelburg, Germany) and Christian Baumeister (Mudersbach-Birken, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food processing line including a food cutting machine and a drive unit for a product hold-down element of the food cutting machine is disclosed. The drive unit may be utilized to drive a transport means of the product hold-down element. The drive unit may comprise a driveshaft, a gearbox having a gearbox housing with a first and a second side, a motor, and a to...