US Patent Issued to GRONINGER & Co. on June 17 for "Method and apparatus for checking the tightness of a closure" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,147, issued on June 17, was assigned to GRONINGER & Co. GMBH (Crailsheim, Germany).

"Method and apparatus for checking the tightness of a closure" was invented by Manfred Haag (Crailsheim, Germany) and Lars Michael (Ilshofen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for checking the tightness of a closure of a container, in particular a pharmaceutical or cosmetic container, the closure comprising a closure cap for closing the container and an elastic sealing member arranged between the closure cap and a mouth edge of the container, comprising: a turntable movable relatively against the closure of the container for exerting...