ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,949, issued on July 1, was assigned to Bruckner Maschinenbau GmbH (Siegsdorf, Germany).

"Nozzle box as well as a stretching unit comprising a corresponding nozzle box" was invented by Tobias Hausl (Traunstein, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved nozzle box is disclosed having side walls spaced apart from each other, a base and a ventilation wall spaced apart from it, thereby forming an interior space. A plurality of ventilation openings arranged offset to each other is provided in the ventilation wall, the nozzle box is provided on its ventilation wall with a plurality of protrusions that are raised by at least a height...