ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,019, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Sprick GmbH Bielefelder Papier-Und Wellpappenwerke & Co. (Bielefeld, Germany).
"Apparatus for the manual or machine production of a tube-like packaging material and packing station" was invented by Bastian Schalk (Detmold, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for the manual or machine production of a tube-like packaging material from a paper supply unit, such as a paper strip wound up to a roll, includes a roll longitudinal axis and forming an inner hollow space, or a paper strip folded to a Leporello stack defining an upper side, from which the paper strip is drawable for forming ...