ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,749, issued on May 20, was assigned to KRONES AG (Neutraubling, Germany).

"Turn-bolt device for a transporting star wheel" was invented by Thomas Fischer (Burglengenfeld, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates inter alia to a turn-bolt device for a transporting star wheel, preferably a sorting star, for transporting containers. The turn-bolt device has a bearing body and a rotary member having an actuating region for actuating the rotary member, a bolt region for holding a container and a shaft region which integrally interconnects the actuating region and the bolt region and is rotatably mounted in the bearing ...