ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,940, issued on Feb. 10.
"Contained drum discharge system and method for toxic powdery materials" was invented by Shreepad Hegde (Hyderabad, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contained drum discharge system comprising a drum and connected with a lifting mechanism, wherein the drum includes a primary liner bag having the toxic powdery material to be disposed, contained within the secondary liner bag, and a tertiary liner bag enclosing the secondary liner bag; a transparent glove box; a hopper connected at a top of the glove box and with a vacuum transfer system of a material processing reactor; and a control unit connected with th...