ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,663, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SMG Sportplatzmaschinenbau GmbH (Voehringen, Germany).
"Recycling device and method for operating a recycling device" was invented by Johann Baptist Owegeser (Illerrieden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed according to the invention is a recycling device for removing filler material from a strip-shaped tape material having an upper side comprising projecting elements, and a lower side without projecting elements, in particular from artificial turf, having an unwinding means which is disposed at the entry side and is configured for unwinding a roll of the tape material; a transport s...