ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,287, issued on March 18, was assigned to HAVER & BOECKER OHG (Oelde, Germany).
"Cleaning apparatus and method for cleaning" was invented by Christian Westarp (Oelde, Germany) and Rene Mackel (Diestedde, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packing machine having a cleaning apparatus and a cleaning apparatus for cleaning a working section when filling bulk materials into containers, including a blowing strip having a first nozzle device and a second nozzle device through which an air stream can be guided temporarily in each case. In this case, the first and the second nozzle devices each have a fixed blowing-out direction, wherei...