ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,676, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to BOBST MEX SA (Mex, Switzerland).
"Sheet material processing unit and sheet material processing machine" was invented by Christophe De Gaillande (Les Monts-de-Corsier, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet material processing unit (20, 22, 24) comprises a transport system (32) for transporting sheets (12) or parts thereof from a respective input end (20i, 22i, 24i) to a respective output end (20o, 22o, 24o). A gripper unit (46) is releasably coupled to the transport system (32) and is configured for holding at least a part of one of the sheets (12). Additionally, at least one handov...