US Patent Issued to WINDMOELLER & HOELSCHER on July 1 for "Feeding device for feeding fluff and granules into an extruder" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,904, issued on July 1, was assigned to WINDMOELLER & HOELSCHER KG (Lengerich, Germany).

"Feeding device for feeding fluff and granules into an extruder" was invented by Simon Haselmann (Lengerich, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A feeding device for feeding fluff and granules into an extruder includes a supplying apparatus with an outlet-side pipe piece for the granules, with which the granules can be fed while forming a granule column, the pipe piece being connected to an inlet opening of the extruder, a funnel with a funnel outlet for supplying fluff, an auger being provided within the funnel for conveying fluff, which projec...