US Patent Issued to COPERION on Aug. 5 for "Strand pelletizer and method for adjusting the cutting gap of such a pelletizer" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,580, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to COPERION GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Strand pelletizer and method for adjusting the cutting gap of such a pelletizer" was invented by Martin Matuschek (Wiesbaden, Germany) and Stefan Wygas (Frankfurt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A strand pelletizer for pelletizing a strand of material comprises at least one cutting edge and an opposite cutting edge. The opposite cutting edge is arranged on a base body which is displaceable relative to a support body. The base body is independently displaceable in a linear manner relative to the support body and pivotable about at least one pivot axis. ...