ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,353, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to PMS HANDELSKONTOR GMBH (Hamburg, Germany).

"Comminution device" was invented by Felix Scharfe (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A comminution device for mechanically comminuting material conglomerates consisting of materials of varying density and/or consistency, including a comminution chamber having a supply side with a supply device above the comminution chamber and a discharge side, which comminution chamber is enclosed by a circular cylindrical and/or conical, downwardly widened comminution chamber wall and has at least two portions in succession in the axial direction, in eac...