US Patent Issued to General Mills on July 29 for "Assembly and method for supplying product based on weight" (Iowa, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,276, issued on July 29, was assigned to General Mills Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Assembly and method for supplying product based on weight" was invented by Kyle Thomas Hart (Marion, Iowa), Alexis Hugunin (Marion, Iowa) and David S. Lutz (Andover, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A weighing assembly supplies a predetermined amount of food product based on weight using a weighing machine having a plurality of weigh hoppers. A circular dispersion table having a dome shape distributes pieces of the product across the table by gravity to the weigh hoppers. A diverter chute is located above the dispersion table and includes multiple gates, w...