ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,181, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to BOBST MEX SA (Mex, Switzerland).
"Blank joining module" was invented by Bryan Cardoso (Pully, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a blank joining module (10) comprising an upper feeder device (32b) and a lower feeder device (32a), an upper transfer conveyor (84) configured to transport an upper blank (2b) and a lower transfer conveyor (82) configured to transport a lower blank (2a) towards a junction point (J) where the upper blank is superposed onto the lower blank. The lower transfer conveyor is provided with an inlet portion (83a) and an outlet portion...