ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,921, issued on March 11, was assigned to FERAG AG (Hinwil, Switzerland).
"Transportation device" was invented by Roberto Fenile (Wetzikon, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport device for transporting bulk products includes a fixed supply portion and a fixed discharge portion which is arranged downstream in a conveying direction and an ejection device including a first and second ejection unit which are arranged in the conveying direction. The first ejection unit includes a fixed or movable end which is arranged adjacent to the fixed supply portion and a movable end which is arranged downstream thereof, and the seco...