ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,769, issued on May 20, was assigned to Starlinger & Co. Gesellschaft m.b.H. (Vienna).

"Winding machine fixing mechanism, winding machine and method for coupling and/or decoupling a winding sleeve to or from a winding spindle of a winding machine" was invented by Gerhard Lechner (Altenmarkt an der Triesting, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a winding machine (1) with a winding machine fixing mechanism (44) for fixing a winding sleeve (4) on a winding spindle (3). The winding machine fixing mechanism (44) can be actuated by use of a motion control. By this motion-controlled actuation, the winding machine ...