ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,308, issued on April 29, was assigned to KRONES AG (Neutraubling, Germany).

"Transport system for containers in the beverage industry and lubrication method" was invented by Matthias Meier (Saal a.d. Donau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport system for containers in the beverage industry, with a first container conveyor including a conveyor belt for conveying the containers, and a lubrication system including an applicator for applying a lubricant to the conveyor belt of the first container conveyor, wherein the transport system comprises a second container conveyor with a further conveyor belt for conveying the contai...