ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,334, issued on May 27, was assigned to Glatt GmbH (Binzen, Germany).
"Method for emptying a device for producing granules or extrudates" was invented by Dirk Zimmermann (Wehr, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for emptying a device for producing granules or extrudates. The device includes a container having an inlet for the material to be treated, an inlet for a liquid, a stirring device, an outlet for said intermediate product, and an emptying pipe having an inlet for the intermediate product and an outlet for the granules or extrudate as well as a conveying device conveying the intermediate product from the inlet of t...