ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,018, issued on June 24, was assigned to Teepack Spezialmaschinen GmbH & Co. KG (Meerbusch, Germany).
"Device and method for transporting ready-cut and filled hose pieces" was invented by Stefan Lambertz (Hurth, Germany) and Hans Knops (Krefeld, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a device for transporting ready-cut and filled hose pieces within a machine for producing bags filled with brewable material, having at least one transport wheel which includes, distributed over its circumference, a plurality of holders each holding the bag, wherein an insertion station in which one of said hose pieces is ...