ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,686, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Primoreels A/S (Vipperod, Denmark).

"Device for placing lids on containers" was invented by Valdemar Hougaard Madsen (Vipperod, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a device for placing lids onto containers, the device preferably comprises a number of placement devices each being configured to releasable retain a lid in a fixed position relatively to the placement device, and being moveable in a longitudinal direction of the device."

The patent was filed on June 15, 2023, under Application No. 18/335,859.

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