ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,371, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to CITEX Holding GmbH (Melle, Germany).

"Weighing and transporting device and method for transporting and detecting mass flow rates of bulk materials" was invented by Jorg Moller (Bunde, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a weighing and transport device and a method for transporting and detecting mass flow rates of bulk material.In filling cycles, a weighing container is closed at its upper inlet and lower outlet, whereupon bulk material id fed directly to the weighing container.In weighing cycles, the upper inlet and the lower outlet are opened and the bulk...