ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,110, issued on May 27, was assigned to T.M.C. S.P.A. (Castel Guelfo, Italy).
"Machine for packaging groups of products in a roll" was invented by William Rossi (San Giorgio di Piano, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine for packaging groups of products in a roll with a sheet of film includes a first station wrapping the sheet on four consecutive sides of the group of products. For each of the two heads of the group, upper and lower horizontal flaps and first and second vertical flaps protrude. A second station for folding the four flaps has a conveyor surface for moving the group along a feed direction. A Folding devices, p...