ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,596, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to BUSS AG (Pratteln, Switzerland).
"Mixing and kneading machine with a discharge device which has a degassing device" was invented by Wolfgang Walter (Aalen, Germany) and Martin Schotzau (Augst, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mixing and kneading machine for continuous preparation processes, such as for producing granules, extruded profiles, or molded articles, such as polymer granules, polymer extruded profiles, or polymer molded parts, having a feeding and mixing device (12) and a discharge device (14), wherein the feeding and mixing device includes a housing (18), a screw shaft (34)...