US Patent Issued to RITMO on Aug. 19 for "Chuck for gripping and moving cylindrical bodies, in particular fittings and pipe segments, and apparatus including the chuck" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,009, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to RITMO S.P.A. (Teolo, Italy).

"Chuck for gripping and moving cylindrical bodies, in particular fittings and pipe segments, and apparatus including the chuck" was invented by Alessandro Apolinari (Cervarese Santa Croce, Italy), Renzo Bortoli (Montegrotto Terme, Italy) and Franco Vittadello (Mestrino, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chuck for gripping and moving cylindrical bodies, in particular fittings and pipe segments, including a main body defining an axis of rotation and a plurality of jaws fastened to the main body. The jaws are movable between a position of maximum closure, in which...