ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,414, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA' COOPERATIVA (Imola, Italy).
"Apparatus for making objects by means of compression moulding" was invented by Fabrizio Pucci (Castel Guelfo di Bologna, Italy) and Fiorenzo Parrinello (Medicina, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for forming an object comprises an extruding device (2) for supplying a continuous extrudate of polymeric material, at least one separating element for cutting the continuous extrudate thereby separating a dose (6; 106) of polymeric material from the continuous extrudate, at least one mould (5; 105; 205; 305; 405) co...