ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,337, issued on April 29, was assigned to KRONES AG (Neutraubling, Germany).
"Apparatus and method for filling containers" was invented by Michael Neubauer (Grassau, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for filling containers with a carrier on which a container to be filled can be placed and fixed, wherein the support is pivotable with respect to a pivot axis which extends at an angle other than 0deg with respect to a longitudinal direction of the container to be filled, with a first filling device, in order to fill the container in a first pivoted position of the container with respect to the pivot axis via its mouth, a...