US Patent Issued to The Charles Machine Works on Sept. 9 for "Latch assembly for use with an inversion drum" (Wisconsin, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,879, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to The Charles Machine Works Inc. (Perry, Okla.).

"Latch assembly for use with an inversion drum" was invented by Craig Lawrence Noggle (East Troy, Wis.), Robert F. Crane (Nekoosa, Wis.), Mark D. Randa (Oconomowoc, Wis.) and Steven W. Wentworth (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinged cover overlays an opening that provides access to a pressurized inversion drum. A releasable latch assembly holds the cover in a closed and locked position. The latch assembly comprises a plurality of first knuckles formed in the cover that are interlaceable with a plurality of second knuckles form...