US Patent Issued to SCHOLLE IPN on Aug. 19 for "Filler assembly and method of filling a pouch" (Michigan, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,420, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to SCHOLLE IPN Corp. (Northlake, Ill.).

"Filler assembly and method of filling a pouch" was invented by David Bellmore (Bellaire, Mich.) and Sean Fitzgerald (West Dundee, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filler assembly comprising a pouch preheat zone, a pouch sterilization zone, and a pouch flush zone. The preheat zone includes a preheat nozzle assembly having an inlet and an outlet, the outlet engageable with a pouch assembly, and a preheat vacuum nozzle assembly having an inlet engageable with a pouch assembly and an outlet attachable to a vacuum. The pouch sterilization zone includes a st...