US Patent Issued to Cryovac on Sept. 9 for "Heat shrink apparatus and device for packaging, and packaging line and process using said heat shrink apparatus and device" (Italian, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,995, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Cryovac LLC (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Heat shrink apparatus and device for packaging, and packaging line and process using said heat shrink apparatus and device" was invented by Riccardo Palumbo (Arona, Italy), Giulio Benedetti (Solbiate Arno, Italy), Silvia Bottini (Lissone, Italy), Stefan Landolt (Obernau, Switzerland) and Peter Thurig (Eich, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Heat shrink apparatuses and devices can heat shrink selected portions of containers made from heat shrinkable plastic film. The apparatuses and devices selectively heat shrink a main portion of the container where a ...