ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,759, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to GEA Tuchenhagen GmbH (Buchen, Germany).
"Lift valve having lift drive" was invented by Jens Burmester (Grambek, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lift valve having a valve housing and a stroke drive is described. The stroke drive includes a drive rod that can be moved along a stroke axis into a first and a second end position. A measuring apparatus is coupled to the stroke drive on a side of the stroke drive facing away from the valve housing and includes a first sensor, a second sensor, and a first transducer. The first transducer is arranged to follow the movement of the drive rod and is...