ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,091, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Manea Vending S.R.L. (Thiene, Italy).

"Device adapted to deliver constant doses of products, in particular for beverage vending machines" was invented by Antonio Nicolini (Zane, Italy) and Massimo Faravelli (Zane, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for delivering constant doses of products, comprising one or more containers (1), connected to respective vacuum pumps and inside which products to be selected and dosed are inserted. Each container (1) is mechanically connected to a rotor group (2), which is configured to select and dose the product in constant quantities. In particular, ...