ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,997, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to KRAMER AG (Bassersdorf, Switzerland).

"Method for checking the functionality of a vibratory conveyor device" was invented by Mario Rutti (Illnau, Switzerland), Tobias Frech (Dubendorf, Switzerland) and Horst Fischer (Lauchringen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for checking the functionality of a vibratory conveyor device (1) by means of a status analysis which is carried out either before operation or during operation of the vibratory conveyor device (1), wherein A) the method to be carried out before operation comprises the following steps: A1) applying a drive pulse to a drive ...