ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,063, issued on May 13, was assigned to BRUCKNER MASCHINENBAU GmbH (Siegsdorf, Germany).

"Film winding system and assembly comprising a film stretching unit and such a film winding system" was invented by Christoph Eder (Kolbermoor, Germany), Helmut Gumpinger (Anger, Germany), Berthold Eichner (Yuanlin, Taiwan) and Florian Kellnberger (Grafing, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A film winding system is disclosed having a first winding station which is configured in a winding position to wind the film web into a film bale. A contact roller and a compensating roller are provided, wherein the contact roller is arranged adjacent to t...