ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,315, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to WMV Apparatebau GmbH (Windeck, Germany).

"Installation for treating mass-produced parts, with secondary drive device" was invented by Hubert Jongen (Windeck, Germany), Martin Muller (Hennef, Germany) and Gregor Beckmann (Windeck, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An installation for treating mass-produced parts includes: a supporting structure with a supporting element, a basket carrier for at least two centrifuge baskets, a main drive device attached to the supporting structure and having a main drive and a longitudinal shaft, the longitudinal shaft being mounted rotatably about a main ax...