ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,168, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to CRC S.R.L. (Capannori, Italy).
"Unwinder with automatic switching of the unwinding roll" was invented by Enrico Cini (Capannori, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Unwinder of a thin ply product wound on a roll, of the type with automatic switching of the unwinding roll with a spare roll, said unwinder comprising-a first roll-holder assembly equipped with a first unwinding rod for a respective roll, on which the roll is adapted to be supported, and which has an axis of rotation transversal to the direction of movement of the ply unwound from the roll,-a second roll-holder assembly equipped wi...