ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,821, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to AMAZONEN-WERKE H. DREYER SE & Co. KG (Hasbergen, Germany).
"Granule portioning device for an agricultural dispensing machine" was invented by Florenz Hilbert (Emsdetten, Germany) and Stephan Teckemeyer (Lotte, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a granule portioning device for an agricultural dispensing machine, comprising a portioning chamber for forming granule portions and a portioning rotor located in the portioning chamber and having at least one contact body, the contact body being designed to move along a circular path during a rotational movement of the porti...