ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,835, issued on June 3, was assigned to Ferrum Packaging AG (Schafisheim, Switzerland).
"Seaming device for sealing a container" was invented by Gunter Hell (Zetzwil, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seaming device includes a seaming head for fixing the lid to the container, first and second seaming rollers and a rotary drive. The seaming head is arranged between the first and second seaming rollers such that the container with the lid is fixed centered between the first and second seaming rollers in the operating state. The rotary drive is drive-connected to the first and second seaming rollers, the first and second seamin...