ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,216, issued on July 29, was assigned to TECNO PACK S.P.A. (Schio, Italy).

"Horizontal packaging machine with adjustable cut-sew group" was invented by Corrado Pozzer (Schio, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A horizontal packaging machine (M) for packaging a product (P) fed in a horizontal direction (X) comprises a cut-sew group (22) for making on a packaging film (F) transverse welds and a cut to close and separate from each other two successive packs (C1, C2, C3, C4), wherein the cut-sew group (22) comprises a plurality of cut and sew tools (U1, U2, U3) for making the transverse welds and the cut, wherein the transverse welds de...