ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,670, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to KOCH SOLUTIONS GMBH (Wadgassen, Germany).
"Bucket wheel chute assembly" was invented by Hubert Pfandl (Styria, Austria), Alexanda Damion Bozward (Perth, Australia), Rudolf Pletz (Styria, Austria), Christopher Robert Muller (Perth, Australia) and Georg Leitner (Styria, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bucket wheel chute assembly comprising a frame and a bucket wheel chute. The bucket wheel chute comprising a plurality of wear plates. The bucket wheel chute comprising a first chute section and a second chute section and is detachably attached to the frame. At least one of the first chute ...