ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,854, issued on July 8, was assigned to TVI Entwicklung und Produktion GmbH (Bruckmuehl, Germany).

"Slicing machine with cross transfer device for loading outside the machine and loading method for a slicing machine" was invented by Raimund Kammer (Kolbermoor, Germany) and Christian Mueller (Rosenheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to be able to load a forming tube channel, which stands very steeply and is open at a front and top on a longitudinal side, correctly by checking and, if necessary, changing position of a product piece in the forming tube channel, instead of sliding the new product piece from the outside on...