ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,373, issued on May 13, was assigned to Oktober LLC (Muskegon, Mich.).
"Can seaming apparatus" was invented by Dennis Grumm (Grand Rapids, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A can seaming apparatus including a frame, a can handling assembly, a can driving assembly and a seaming assembly. The can seaming apparatus is configured to seal a lid to a can through a double seam can seal. The can is positioned and clamped between an upper and a lower chuck. The can driving assembly spins the can and the upper and lower chucks about an axis. The seaming assembly includes two rollers mounted to a roller frame which pivots about an axis relati...