ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,733, issued on July 8, was assigned to Sintokogio Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Measuring device" was invented by Yutaka Nakano (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measuring device according to one aspect is used to measure a loss on ignition of foundry sand. This measuring device includes a container configured to accommodate foundry sand, the container having a discharge port for discharging the foundry sand to a discharge position, a heating device configured to heat the foundry sand in the container, a conveying device configured to convey the foundry sand discharged from the discharge port from the discharge position to a me...