ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,015, issued on April 15, was assigned to CERTECH S.P.A. A SOCIO UNICO (Sassuolo, Italy).

"Continuous mill with controllable level" was invented by Alberto Palladini (Castelnovo ne' Monti, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A continuous mill, comprising: a casing (1) having a substantially cylindrical shape and rotating about an axis of rotation (X); an inlet opening (2), concentric to the axis of rotation (X); an inlet duct (20), connected to the inlet opening (2); an outlet opening (3), concentric to the axis of rotation (X); an outlet duct (30), connected to the discharge opening (3); a bend (11), arranged along the outlet duct (3...