ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,500, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SASIB S.P.A. (Castel Maggiore, Italy).
"Forming unit and forming method to manufacture a group of articles" was invented by Roberto Ghiotti (Monte S. Pietro, Italy) and Yuri Negrini (Bologna, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Forming unit (A) and forming method to manufacture a group of articles (14), wherein the articles (14) are arranged at a given distance from one another. The following are provided: a forming conveyor (26) which moves at least one forming box (27) along a forming path (P2): a hopper (24), which is arranged along the forming path (P2) and is provided with at least one ou...