US Patent Issued to Bridgestone Bandag on Oct. 21 for "Miter sipe machine having angle control, blade sharpening, and tread support" (Iowa Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,706, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Bridgestone Bandag LLC (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Miter sipe machine having angle control, blade sharpening, and tread support" was invented by Troy A. Kost (Muscatine, Iowa) and Jim L. Jones (Muscatine, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sipe forming system is provided. The sipe forming system includes a cutting base including a pivot plate having an aperture, a cutting drum extending at least partially through the aperture, a blade coupled to the surface of the cutting drum, and a mechanical power source operably coupled to the cutting base and configured to rotate the cutting drum. The sipe for...