ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,050, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to KHS GmbH (Dortmund, Germany).
"Linear filling machine for filling containers with filling material" was invented by Thomas Niehr (Bad Muenster am Stein Ebernburg, Germany), Alexander Danelski (Bad Kreuznach, Germany) and Thorsten Mietsch (Hattingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear filling machine for filling containers that are transported in groups along a linear conveying path has a plurality of machine sections following one another along the conveying path. The respective machine sections form an input station for receiving the containers, a handling station for treating the...