ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,589, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to POLY-CLIP SYSTEM GMBH & Co. KG (Hattersheim, Germany).

"Production system and coupling unit for producing sausage-shaped products" was invented by Alfredo Lorente Gallardo (Bad Konig, Germany) and Silvio Beyer (Hattersheim am Main, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a production system for producing sausage-shaped products, in particular sausages, containing a flowable filling material in a tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing, the production system comprising: a filling unit for providing and conveying the filling material in filling direction into the tubular or...