ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,520, issued on Dec. 9.
"Crusher and crushing machine comprising said crusher" was invented by Martina Pierpaoli (Senigallia, Italy), Maurizio Servili (Montefalco, Italy), Simone Giardinieri (Jesi, Italy) and Simone Stroppa (Fabriano, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a crusher of a crushing machine applied to oleaginous fruits, such as olives and the like. The crusher has a central hub with a central axis and a plurality of hammers connected to the central hub and arranged around the central hub. Each hammer has an outer edge facing a direction opposite to the central hub. The outer edge of each hammer is toothed in su...