ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,562, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to KRONES AG (Germany).
"Valve wear monitoring" was invented by Frank Winzinger (Regensburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for treating containers with a transport device for transporting a container along a predetermined transport path, wherein the apparatus includes at least one container treatment device and preferably a plurality of container treatment devices, wherein the at least one container treatment device has at least one wear element, wherein the at least one container treatment device has a wear detection device for detecting wear data r...