ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,383, issued on June 17, was assigned to PLASTIC REPAIR SYSTEM 2011 S.L. (Pamplona, Spain).
"Automatic machine for repairing plastic sheets" was invented by Jose Ignacio Uribe Plaza (Alsasua, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic machine for repairing plastic sheets having incorporated in a support structure (3): -a rotary head (4), with several work stations with cutting device (5) for cutting the edge of a sheet (2), donor pellet supply device (6, 7), welding device (8) for welding the donor pellet, and pressing device (9) for pressing the weld thus made; -an outer bench (10) for situating the sheet (2) to be repaired on...