US Patent Issued to Serac group on Oct. 28 for "Pipe and container treatment facility comprising such a pipe" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,029, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Serac group (La Ferte Bernard, France).

"Pipe and container treatment facility comprising such a pipe" was invented by Andre Jean-Jacques Graffin (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe includes at least one first section connected to a second section by a hinged element allowing a predetermined angular movement of the first section relative to the second section under a predetermined minimum force. The hinged element includes two end pieces connected respectively to the first section and to the second section and hinged with each other to allow the angular movement, and a tube having en...