ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,759, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to S.I.P.A. SOCIETA DI INDUSTRIALIZZAZIONE PROGETTAZIONE E AUTOMAZIONE S.P.A. (Vittorio Veneto, Italy).

"Cooling device for a plurality of preforms or tubular containers" was invented by Franco Cavallini (Treviso, Italy), Marco Frare (San Fior, Italy), Andrea Mariani (Conegliano, Italy), Marco Piai (Sacile, Italy) and Matteo Zoppas (Conegliano, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooling device for cooling a plurality of preforms or tubular containers, preferably exiting from a rotary injection molding apparatus, the device comprising-a first longitudinal support member (7) defining a longitudi...