ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,212, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Glatt GmbH (Binzen, Germany).
"Device for manufacturing granular materials or extrudates" was invented by Dirk Zimmermann (Wehr, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for producing granular materials or extrudates. The device includes a container having: an inlet for the material to be treated, an inlet for a liquid; a stirring device for producing an intermediate product from the material to be processed and the liquid; an outlet for the intermediate product; and an emptying pipe. The device includes an emptying pipe, which has: an inlet for the intermediate product; an outlet for the ...