ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,935, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Tecno Poultry Equipment S.p.A (Villafranca Padovana, Italy).
"Scraper apparatus" was invented by Michele Cattapan (Villafranca Padovana, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A poultry droppings belt and cleaner assembly includes a main frame, a belt adapted to extend underneath a number of poultry cages, the belt being wound about a plurality of support rollers mounted to the main frame, and a mounting frame including a scraper blade mounted adjacent the belt for removing droppings from the endless belt. The mounting frame includes first and second rows of protrusions extending across a width o...