US Patent Issued to BELVAC PRODUCTION MACHINERY on May 13 for "Method and apparatus for clamping a container during processing operations" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,372, issued on May 13, was assigned to BELVAC PRODUCTION MACHINERY INC. (Lynchburg, Va.).

"Method and apparatus for clamping a container during processing operations" was invented by Harold James Marshall (Forest, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for inhibiting rotational motion of an article to be processed comprises a pressure plate assembly including a generally ring-shaped guide assembly. The guide assembly has and at least two guide pins extending from a first side in a transverse direction. The guide assembly further includes at least two resilient devices positioned over a respective one of the at least two guide pi...