ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,030, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to JBT Marel Corp. (Chicago).

"Turret assemblies for container sealing system" was invented by Kristen Rose Mason (Mentor, Ohio) and Chane Lee (Sarasota, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A turret assembly rotatably mountable to a container sealing system. The turret assembly includes an annular turret having a plurality of arcuate container pockets arrayed about an outer periphery of the turret and an annular chamber located radially inward of the outer periphery of the turret, and a hub removably secured within the annular chamber of the turret, wherein the hub is adapted to be rotatably secured...