ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,792, issued on March 4, was assigned to ANDRITZ INC. (Alpharetta, Ga.).
"Pellet mill roll temperature sensing" was invented by Timothy Edward Duncan (Alpharetta, Ga.), Benjamin Michael Schappell (Alpharetta, Ga.) and Fred Matthew Delany (Alpharetta, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roll assembly temperature sensing system for a pellet mill includes: a thermal sensor (160); and a pellet mill roll assembly rotatably disposed in a rotor assembly. The pellet mill roll (140) assembly includes: a roll shaft; a bearing disposed circumferentially around the roll shaft; and a seal (150) disposed between an end of the bearing and the rotor...