ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,068, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to KRONES AG (Neutraubling, Germany).
"Vacuum transfer cylinder with suction bar circuit" was invented by Bernd Schroll (Neutraubling, Germany), Gabriel Seibold (Neutraubling, Germany), Christian Holzer (Neutraubling, Germany) and Soeren Meissner (Neutraubling, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a labelling device for attaching labels to containers, comprising: at least one unrolling device for a label strip; at least one cutting tool for cutting the label strip into individual labels; a vacuum transfer cylinder for transferring the labels onto the containers, wherein th...