ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,113, issued on May 27, was assigned to SYSTEM CERAMICS S.P.A. (Fiorano Modenese, Italy).
"Packaging machine" was invented by Andrea Toro (Fiorano Modenese, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaging machine comprising: a rest plane (2) for a pack (C) of products (P); at least one magazine (3), predisposed to contain one or more connecting elements (A), predisposed to be applied to at least one flank (S) of the pack (C); at least one applicator (4), movable between at least one pick up position, in which it is able to pick up a connecting element (A) from the magazine (3), and at least one application position, in which it is ab...