US Patent Issued to KOCH PAC-SYSTEME on April 29 for "Forming device and method for forming a cup into a packaging material" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,255, issued on April 29, was assigned to KOCH PAC-SYSTEME GMBH (Pfalzgrafenweiler, Germany).

"Forming device and method for forming a cup into a packaging material" was invented by Benjamin Doelker (Pfalzgrafenweiler, Germany), Tobias Goettert (Pfalzgrafenweiler, Germany) and Dennis Weissert (Pfalzgrafenweiler, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A forming device has a die with at least one recess, a punch for forming the packaging material into the recess, and a hold-down device. The hold-down device and the die receive the packaging material between them in a holding region. The die and the hold-down device each have a bearing su...