ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,034, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to KRONES AG (Neutraubling, Germany).
"Device for equipping containers" was invented by Michael Neubauer (Grassau, Germany), Wolfgang Roidl (Deuerling, Germany), Heinrich Bielmeier (Pilsting-Grosskoellnbach, Germany), Hartmut Davidson (Zeitlarn, Germany) and Stefan Scherl (Bernhardswald, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device (10) for equipping containers (12), preferably with labels (44) or prints. The device has at least one equipping device (18, 20, 22, 23) for equipping containers (12) and a planar drive system (16) with a base element (30) and at least one move...