ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,689, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Fabri-Kal LLC (Kalamazoo, Mich.).
"Trim tool with adjustable trim centers" was invented by John Broadwater (Kalamazoo, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermoforming trim tool which comprises a punch side and a die side. The punch side moves to the die side in order to trim molded articles from a heated thermoforming sheet that is disposed therebetween. While the punch side of the tool comprises a plurality of punches, the die side of the tool comprises a plurality of dies, and both the punches and the dies are engaged with upper mount plates. Each of the upper mount plates is engaged w...