ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,055, issued on April 1, was assigned to KRONES AG (Neutraubling, Germany).
"Device for filling a container and method for operating the device" was invented by Michael Peter (Siegenburg, Germany) and Thomas Gren (Pentling, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates inter alia to a device for filling a container. The device comprises a filling valve for discharging a filling material into the container. The device further comprises a throttle valve for adjusting a flow rate of the filling material. The throttle valve comprises a valve member for adjusting a flow cross-section. The throttle valve has a pneumatic drive...