US Patent Issued to Red Bud Industries on Sept. 30 for "Sheet metal processing cell for applying web material to a surface of sheet metal and method thereof" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,711, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Red Bud Industries Inc. (Red Bud, Ill.).

"Sheet metal processing cell for applying web material to a surface of sheet metal and method thereof" was invented by Kollin N. Liefer (Waterloo, Ill.) and Dean C. Linders (Baldwin, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet metal processing cell applies web material to sheet metal. The web material is unwound from a roll that is rotatably supported by a mandrel. An applicator assembly includes a conveyor for the sheet metal, an unwind stand, and an applicator roller that receives and applies the web material to the sheet metal. An storage assembly d...