US Patent Issued to Excel Packaging Consulting on Jan. 20 for "Gassing rail for gas or steam flushing containers and caps on a rotary capping machine" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,613, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Excel Packaging Consulting LLC (Big Rock, Ill.).

"Gassing rail for gas or steam 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 or steam flushing containers and caps on a rotary capping machine. The gassing rail defines an inner side and an outer side with respect to the rotary capping machine, the gassing rail includes a generally planar body, an upper surface formed on the generally flat planar body, the upper surf...