ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,157,627, issued on Dec. 3, was assigned to VALCO INDUSTRIES INC. (New Holland, Pa.).
"Feed bin anti-bridge device" was invented by Philip E. Risser (Leola, Pa.), Logan Auker (Ephrata, Pa.), Jake Byer (Coldwater, Ohio) and Andrei Pavel (Lancaster, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of dislodging entrapped particulate material from an assembly of a bin and a hopper for dispensing the particulate material is disclosed. The method includes lifting at least one of a plurality of support legs off of the foundation by a predetermined amount by using at least one lifting mechanism that is resting on the foundation and operatively attache...