ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,728, issued on March 4, was assigned to NV BEKAERT SA (Zwevegem, Belgium).
"Winding module and winding installation for metal wires" was invented by Johan Priem (Roeselare, Belgium), Johan Hugelier (Harelbeke, Belgium) and Maarten Meyfroidt (Oostrozebeke, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A winding module and a winding installation including winding modules for winding metal wire. In such a winding installation or take-up bench a driven capstan is used to pull the metal wire through a processing installation before being led onto a take-up spool. The spool is driven by a cantilever supported shaft. In prior art take-up benches, ...