ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,916, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to UTECO CONVERTING S.P.A. (Colognola Ai Colli, Italy).
"Apparatus for automatically replacing printing sleeves" was invented by Alessandro Bicego (San Giovanni Lupatoto, Italy), Claudio Semperboni (Tregnago, Italy) and Stefano Mezzalana (Verona, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for replacing printing sleeves which comprises a handling device which can be removably engaged with a printing sleeve and a movement robot for moving the handling device; the handling device comprises a supporting frame and a self-centering grip clamp which is able to translate on command, with respect to...