ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,099, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Saurer Intelligent Technology AG (Arbon, Switzerland).

"Electromagnetic drive for a cutting device of a textile machine, cutting device and yarn clearer" was invented by Charles Leopold Elisabeth Dumoulin (Balgach, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromagnetic drive for a cutting device of a textile machine for severing a thread, a cutting device having an electromagnetic drive, and a yarn clearer having a cutting device are provided. The electromagnetic drive may comprise a solenoid and a piston configured to drive a cutting blade carrier. The piston may be guided for linear mo...