ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,956, issued on July 1, was assigned to Albany International Corp (Rochester, N.H.).
"Drum lagging material" was invented by Donald J. Farrell (Delmar, N.Y.), Charles Pinson (Covington, La.) and Kaz P. Raczkowski (Wynantskill, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are lagging materials for use on a driven cylindrical pulley or drum for an industrial machine. A lagging material can comprise a seaming element along the cross-machine direction (CD) of each of the opposing ends of the lagging material for forming a seam for seaming opposing ends of a lagging material when brought together. A lagging material can also comprise coati...