ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,599, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to KOCHER-PLASTIK MASCHINENBAU GMBH (Sulzbach/Laufen, Germany).

"Device for producing and filling container products" was invented by Sven Schneider (Abstgmund, Germany), Dmitri Kirchmaier (Obersontheim, Germany) and Markus Mayr (Gaildorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a device for producing and filling container products, at least one hose (19) of plasticized plastic material can be extruded into an opened mold (7), starting from an extrusion head (13) along a hose guide. By at least one filling mandrel (1), which at least in one functional position extends through the extrusion head (1...