ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,288, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Buhler GmbH (Reichshof, Germany).
"Modular plant for producing food products" was invented by Achim Klein (Iserlohn, Germany), Kay Hauschulz (Sankt Augustin, Germany) and Mark Knapp (York, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plant (100) for producing food products, more particularly chocolate products; a module for a plant of this kind and a method for process changeover on the plant (100). The plant (100) includes a plurality of modules (10) in which the food products, preferably in product carriers (20), can be processed and/or transported. The modules (10) each have a module frame...