ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,016, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to P.E. LABELLERS S.P.A. (Porto Mantovano, Italy).

"Machine for processing containers" was invented by Luca Bonardi (San Giorgio Bigarello, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine for processing containers includes a footing which rotatably supports a carousel for conveying the containers to be processed. Above the footing there is a protective covering extended around at least one portion of the carousel. The protective covering is movable, as a consequence of a manual action by the user, from a lowered active position, in which the protective covering is closer to the footing, in order to...