US Patent Issued to MACPI S.P.A. PRESSING DIVISION, ALTEXA on May 13 for "Apparatus and process for the thermo-forming and/or thermo-adhesive bonding of semi-finished products" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,524, issued on May 13, was assigned to MACPI S.P.A. PRESSING DIVISION (Palazzolo sull'Oglio, Italy) and ALTEXA S.R.L. (Busto Arsizio, Italy).

"Apparatus and process for the thermo-forming and/or thermo-adhesive bonding of semi-finished products" was invented by Giovanni Cartabbia (Palazzolo sull'Oglio, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for the thermo-forming and/or thermo-adhesive bonding of semi-finished products comprises: an oven (6) having walls (8, 9, 11, 12) delimiting a chamber (13) configured for housing at least one semi-finished product (4); devices (15, 16, 20) for generating a flow of heated fluid; wherein...