ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,373, issued on May 27, was assigned to MACHINE SPECIALTIES VA LLC (Ashland, Va.).
"Amorphous material shaper" was invented by Joshua Sidhu (Henrico, Va.) and John J. McIsaac (Dedham, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tunnel shaper including an elongated forming tunnel for shaping amorphous food materials into a desired shape. The forming tunnel includes a bore defined by an inner wall. A channel extends along the length of the forming tunnel and is in open communication with the bore. A top tunnel extends along the tunnel in alignment with the channel. The top tunnel is adjustable with respect to the forming tunnel in order to c...