US Patent Issued to AGCO on Dec. 16 for "Method and system for obtaining a sample of dry product from a receptacle" (Iowa Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,301, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to AGCO Corp. (Duluth, Ga.).

"Method and system for obtaining a sample of dry product from a receptacle" was invented by Evan Thomas Smith (Spirit Lake, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sampling system and method are used for extracting a sample of dry product from a receptacle. An extraction tube having a perforated portion is disposed in a product storage volume of the receptacle. A pressurized air source is connected to a first end of the extraction tube. A sample collection device is located outside of the receptacle and serves to separate the sample from an airflow driven by the pressuri...