ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,066, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' Cooperativa (Imola, Italy).
"Apparatus and method for cutting closures for containers" was invented by Davide Penazzi (Imola, Italy), Matteo Venturini (Imola, Italy) and Ruggero Menzolini (Imola, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting method and apparatus for closures of the "tethered" type are disclosed, in which a spindle that carries a closure is moved to a cutting device with one or more horizontal blades and at least one vertical or oblique blade. During cutting, the spindle rotates and the closure rolls on the cutting device. The spindle,...