ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,937, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to KORBER TISSUE FOLD S.R.L. (Porcari, Italy).
"Folding or interfolding unit for folding or interfolding sheets of paper" was invented by Daniele Dettori (Capannori, Italy), Graziano Dini (Bagni di Lucca, Italy) and Massimo Bianchi (Viareggio, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A folding or interfolding unit includes first and second folding or interfolding rolls to fold or interfold the sheets of paper according to a predetermined folding or interfolding configuration. The first and second folding or interfolding rolls include, respectively, a tubular body configured to rotate in a predetermined ...