ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,169, issued on May 20, was assigned to SN Maschinenbau GmbH (Wipperfurth, Germany).
"Folding wedge device for a bag packaging machine" was invented by Flosbach Gunnar (Wipperfurth, Germany), Oliver Clever (Lohmar, Germany) and Jurgen Beinghaus (Wipperfurth, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A folding wedge device for a bag packaging machine for continuously adjusting a bottom fold of a bag, comprising: a feed area for continuously feeding a flat packaging foil; a discharge area opposite the feed area for discharging the packaging foil folded centrally by means of the folding wedge device, a folding wedge with two folding wedge s...