ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,121, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS LTD. (Kobe, Japan).

"Cutting waste removing device, slotter device, and box making machine" was invented by Mitsuhiro Nadachi (Hyogo, Japan) and Osamu Hatano (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting waste removing device, installed in a box making machine for manufacturing corrugated cardboard boxes from a corrugated cardboard sheet, to remove cutting waste generated in a cutting process performed by a paper discharging unit of the box making machine, is provided with an air blowing device which is disposed along a travel region in a d...