ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,549, issued on April 15, was assigned to FERRUM PACKAGING AG (Schafisheim, Switzerland).

"Feeding device for feeding lid to a sealer" was invented by Thomas Muller (Safenwil, Switzerland) and Roger Gisler (Aarau, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A feeding device for feeding a lid to a sealer includes a lid guide for guiding the lid along a guide plane to the sealer, a lid feed for introducing a lid into the lid guide and a movement device arranged at the lid guide. The movement device movably arranged in such a way that the lid can be moved along the guide plane by the movement device."

The patent was filed on July 6, 2023,...