US Patent Issued to I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE on July 15 for "Method and apparatus for automatically stretching an opening flap of closed packagings" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,676, issued on July 15, was assigned to I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE S.P.A. (Ozzano Dell'Emilia, Italy).

"Method and apparatus for automatically stretching an opening flap of closed packagings" was invented by Gabriele Gabusi (Ozzano Dell'Emilia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for automatically stretching an opening flap of packaging containing at least one object includes suction gripping members configured to cooperate selectively and at least temporarily, but in a stable way, with the packaging to make the opening flap able to be identified and gripped for a subsequent processing thereof."

The patent w...