ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,219,894, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to LEMKEN GmbH & Co. KG (Alpen, Germany).
"Metering device for an agricultural machine" was invented by Christian Gotzen (Viersen, Germany), Dennis Bergerfurth (Rees, Germany) and Bernd Valtwies (Stadtlohn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metering device for an agricultural machine for outputting granular solids out of at least one storage container to at least one dispensing unit by means of, in particular, a pneumatic conveyor system, has a metering housing. The metering housing comprises at least one mounting flange on the storage container-side and/or conveyor system-side as well as a...