ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,436, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to WM Intellectual Property Holdings LLC (Houston).
"Baler with internal scale" was invented by Christopher Drier (Saint Louis, Mo.), Charles Searles (Houston) and Dennis Craig Siegel (Pleasant, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for weighing of recyclable materials inside an industrial baler is provided. The baler can have an internal baler scale for weighing of recyclable materials. The baler can include an internal chamber enclosed by a safety gate at its upper portion and a door at its lower portion. Recyclable material can be loaded into the internal chamber and compress...