ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,719, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to VALMET TISSUE CONVERTING S.P.A. (Lucca, Italy).

"Multiple roller embosser and method for selecting an embossing roller" was invented by Mauro Ricci (S. Pietro a Vico, Italy) and Fabrizio Lorenzi (Lucca, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The embosser includes two load-bearing structures that are mutually movable to approach and move away from each other. The first load-bearing structure supports a plurality of first embossing rollers that can be selectively brought to an operating position, in which they cooperate with a first pressure roller. The second load-bearing structure supports one or...