ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,055, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to FORMER ASSOCIATES LLC (Kenosha, Wis.).
"Servo knock out assembly" was invented by Thomas Auf Der Maur (Brunnen, Switzerland), Victor Guynn (Romeoville, Ill.), Paul Andres (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Joe Middleton (Burlington, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for a food processing are provided. A food processing knockout assembly includes: a motor; a crank arm connected to the motor and configured to be rotated by the motor, around an axis that passes through the crank arm; a connecting arm connected to the crank arm and configured to move in a vertical direction in response t...