US Patent Issued to Excel Packaging Consulting on Aug. 26 for "Gassing rail and a gassing rail system for gas flushing containers and caps on a rotary capping machine" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,947, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Excel Packaging Consulting LLC (Big Rock, Ill.).

"Gassing rail and a gassing rail system for gas flushing containers and caps on a rotary capping machine" was invented by Francisco J. Soria (Big Rock, Ill.) and Koon H. Wong (Deerfield, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a gassing rail for gas flushing containers and caps on a rotary capping machine, wherein the gassing rail includes a generally planar body, an upper surface formed on the generally flat planar body, the upper surface having at least one cap gas distribution slot defining a longitudinally extending...