ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,265, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to THURNE-MIDDLEBY LTD (Norwich, Great Britain).
"Flap-folding module for a food processing line" was invented by James Paul Wakefield (Norwich, Great Britain), Jacob Mark Wiggett (Norwich, Great Britain) and Matthew James Smith (Norwich, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flap-folding module for a food processing line is arranged to receive a food product lying on a sheet of material and to fold a portion of the sheet over the food product. A conveyor system carries the food product and sheet along a product flow path through the module. A gas jet outlet device provides a pulse of gas...