ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,710, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to PELLICONI S.P.A. (Ozzano Dell'Emilia, Italy).

"Capping head for a capping machine, capping method and cap" was invented by Francesco Cutaio (Toscanella di Dozza, Italy), Federico Morselli (Bologna, Italy) and Doriano Naldi (Ozzano Dell'Emilia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capping head for a capping machine including: a locking unit having a connecting portion and a capsule-pressing locking portion, wherein the connecting portion can be reversibly translated relative to the capsule-pressing locking portion between proximal and distal positions; a capping unit for capping a containment ...