ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,677, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to TETRA LAVAL HOLDINGS & FINANCE S.A. (Pully, Switzerland).

"Counter-pressure roller, an arrangement and a method thereof" was invented by Nicola Macini (Modena, Italy), Nicola Colliva (Bologna, Italy), Stefano Costa (Casalmaggiore, Italy), Mario La Notte (Modena, Italy) and Andrea Cremonese (Modena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A counter-pressure roller for applying pressure on a longitudinal sealing of a packaging material web comprises, a first back-panel support section having a first radius and a second back-panel support section having a second radius, for supporting first and second ...