US Patent Issued to Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen on April 29 for "Metering device for micro-tablets" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,390, issued on April 29, was assigned to Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH (Allmersbach im Tal, Germany).

"Metering device for micro-tablets" was invented by Marco Weigel (Allmersbach im Tal, Germany) and Marlon Weigle (Allmersbach im Tal, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metering device is for the volumetric metering of micro-tablets or the like and for transferring metered partial amounts of the micro-tablets into target containers. The metering device includes a metering unit with volumetrically specific metering chambers and a feed container, which is disposed above the metering unit in the direction of gravity. Th...