US Patent Issued to Wipotec on Jan. 28 for "Inspection device with integrated x-ray and weighing device" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,976, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Wipotec GmbH (Kaiserslautern, Germany).

"Inspection device with integrated x-ray and weighing device" was invented by Theo Duppre (Kaiserslautern, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inspection device in a radiation protection housing comprises an electromagnetic radiation-based inspection device, especially an X-ray device and a weighing device. The inspection device an endless conveyor belt for transporting products in a transport direction from an entry region to an inspection region, from there to a region for weighing, and from there to an exit region of the inspection device. An upp...