ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,732, issued on March 25, was assigned to BIZERBA SE & Co. KG (Balingen, Germany).

"Bread cutting machine with integrated bagging aid, and operating method" was invented by Leo Korell (Balingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bread slicer includes: a slicer housing, accommodating a slicing blade rotatable in a slicing plane, the slicer housing including: a feed chute for introducing the loaf into the bread slicer; and a receiving chute, which adjoins the feed chute except for a blade gap; and a bagging aid configured for slipping packaging over the bagging aid together with the slices of the sliced loaf resting thereon, the...