ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,065, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to HAVER & BOECKER OHG (Oelde, Germany).
"Device and method for packaging bulk materials in open bags" was invented by Christian Rolf (Oelde, Germany), Dominik Bless (Oelde, Germany), Heinz-Peter Felling (Beckum, Germany) and Christian Hinse (Lippetal, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and method for filling bulk materials into open-mouth bags, including the following steps: a) an open-mouth bag is appended from beneath to a filling spout of a filling station by way of an at least partially upwardly motion, so that the bottom end of the open-mouth bag is freely suspended; b) the filli...