ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,383, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Fuji Seal International Inc. (Osaka, Japan).
"Mechanism and method for cutting a sleeve" was invented by Lucas Van Rijsewijk (Boxtel, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sleeve cutting mechanism (5; 105; 205; 305) for cutting a sleeve (3) being conveyed along a sleeve conveyance axis through a labelling machine (1) comprises a basis (10) with a sleeve passage extending along a central axis (7) which coincides with the sleeve conveyance axis, a plurality of rotary cutters (12, 12a to 12f) which are held on the basis (10) at a radial distance to and at angular distances around the centra...