ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,764, issued on April 29, was assigned to METSO OUTOTEC USA INC. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Crushing device" was invented by Vadim Reznitchenko (Mechanicsburg, Pa.) and Keith Harbold (York, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a deflection distributor refitting kit for a roller crusher. According to the disclosure the deflection distributor refitting kit comprises a deflection distributing shaft, thrust rods each having first and second ends and mounts for attachment of the deflection distributing shaft at a frame of the roller crusher, wherein a first end of each of said thrust rods is attached to the deflection distributing shaf...