ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,849, issued on May 6, was assigned to PROGRESS MASCHINEN & AUTOMATION AG (Brixen, Italy).
"Bending head for welded wire mesh" was invented by Karl Friedrich Enderes (Brixen, Italy) and Alexander Stuflesser (Lajen, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bending head for welded wire mesh includes a frame, a bending face to be moved relative to the frame for bending a wire in a welded wire mesh, a counterholder on which the wire can be braced during bending by the bending face, a bending die which, at least in part, has a predefined bending radius, a bending arm on which the bending face is arranged, and an arm drive device with which t...