ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,759, issued on May 20, was assigned to GUANGZHOU DONGSHAN SOUTH SEALS COMPANY LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Automatic graphite conveying device and winding machine for spiral wound gasket" was invented by Kaijun Wu (Guangdong, China), Shuji Wu (Guangdong, China), Haiqiang Zhong (Guangdong, China) and Chulian Guan (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic graphite conveying device includes a mounting frame, a conveyor wheel, a first clamping wheel and a guide assembly, a gap is formed between the first clamping wheel and the guide assembly to convey a graphite strip, the mounting frame is configured with a mounting hol...