ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,213, issued on July 29, was assigned to FERRUM PACKAGING AG (Schafisheim, Switzerland).
"Lid supply for a sealer and a sealer" was invented by Jorn Winkelmann (Barmstedt, Switzerland) and Peter Stoltenberg (Aarau, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealer for sealing a container includes a working space, the container capable of being sealed with a lid from a plurality of lids in the working space, a housing surrounding the working space, and a lid supply configured to supply the plurality of the lids in a lid stack to the working space. The lid supply includes a first section which is arranged in the working space in such ...