ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,172, issued on May 13, was assigned to FLSmidth Cement A/S (Valby, Denmark).
"Sectoral load measurement" was invented by Armin Hauser (Schwabmuchen, Germany) and Daniel Kasperek (Mering, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for continuous, gravimetric metering and mass flow determination of flowable materials, comprising: determining with a metering device an instantaneous mass flow at an anticipatory control point located a first distance ahead of a delivery point for the flowable material; affecting discharge of the flowable material by altering a speed of rotation of the metering device and vary...