ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,277, issued on April 15, was assigned to GRAM EQUIPMENT A/S (Kolding, Denmark).
"Ice cream stick insertion device for ice cream products and method for inserting a stick into ice cream products" was invented by Klaus Wittrup Jensen (Agerskov, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for inserting a stick into an ice cream product with a stick pusher, the stick pusher including an actuator for linear and reciprocating movement, a control unit controlling the actuator, a sensor for measuring at least one of: the stick's position in relation to the ice cream product's height, horizontal position in relation to the product's end po...