ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,030, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to AISIN TAKAOKA Co. LTD. (Toyota, Japan).
"Metal material supply device" was invented by Seiji Inoue (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal material supply device which is annexed to a metal melting furnace has a vibration trough for transporting metal material to be supplied to a crucible; the transported metal material is discharged from a material discharge port that is provided at the front end of the vibration trough; the metal material supply device is movable between a material supply position where the material discharge port is disposed above the crucible and a retracted pos...