US Patent Issued to Projecta Engineering on June 3 for "Machine and method for decorating items with granular materials" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,962, issued on June 3, was assigned to Projecta Engineering S.r.l. (Fiorano Modenese, Italy).

"Machine and method for decorating items with granular materials" was invented by Francesco Casoni (Reggio Emilia, Italy) and Fabio Tarozzi (Formigine, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine for decorating items with granular materials, including at least one transportation device, adapted to convey the items to be decorated along a feed direction (A) and a feed orientation (V), and at least one decoration assembly of the items (P), supported above the transportation device and adapted to deposit, on the surface of each item (P), a ce...