ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,965, issued on April 15, was assigned to Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. (Pully, Switzerland).

"Filter bag support system, a bag house equipment and a method for installing a filter bag" was invented by Joost Toebak (Sneek, Netherlands), Diego Dibartolo (Oberhausen, Germany) and Elvan Cavus (Groningen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter bag support system arranged to support a filter bag for separating food powder and air, comprising a support cage arranged to be placed inside the filter bag, and a lock ring arranged to be placed inside a top section of the support cage, wherein the top section of the support cage...