ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,063, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to PLUSLINE S.R.L. (Zola Predosa, Italy).
"Cartoning machine" was invented by Christian Zagnoni (Calcara Valsamoggia, Italy) and Leonardo Stamati (Milan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cartoning machine comprising: a store unit (M) for cardboard blanks (F); an unfolding station(S); a feeding station (A) for products (RC) to be packaged. Means for picking the blanks from the store unit by moving them along a picking direction (DP), a conveyor (CB), and means for transferring the blanks from the store unit to the conveyor are arranged between the store unit and the unfolding station. The transfer means...