ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,250, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SwissWatchExpo Inc. (Atlanta).
"Watch refurbishing devices and methods" was invented by Jake Rokhlin (Alpharetta, Ga.), William Gonzalez (Atlanta) and Gary Zape (Gibsonville, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "At least one resurfacing system and at least one adjustment guide system for positioning a chuck holding a watch component relative to the resurfacing system. In example embodiments, the adjustment guide system includes one guide rail providing linear offset/distance and angular adjustment and guidance, or two perpendicular guide rails providing linear offset/distance and lateral positio...