ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,077, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to NOVACART S.p.A. (Garbagnate Monastero, Italy).
"Apparatus and method for manufacturing paper straws" was invented by Gianmario Anghileri (Malgrate, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for making straws comprising a support structure defining an internal volume and carrying a feeding station configured to feed a strip or at least one discrete sheet of paper material, and a forming station comprising a base, a first side wall and a second side wall converging with each other. The conveyor is configured to receive the strip in a substantially flat form at the infeed portion and wind it ...