ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,953, issued on May 20, was assigned to W. Durston Ltd. (High Wycombe, Great Britain).
"Rolling mill" was invented by Matthew Durston (High Wycombe, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand-powered jewellery rolling mill is disclosed. The mill comprises a support frame and a pair of opposed parallel cylindrical rollers rotatably mounted to the support frame. A drive shaft is connected to at least one of the rollers for rotation thereof. A manually rotatable handle is configured for providing a drive force to the drive shaft. The handle may be connected to the drive shaft through a high-ratio gear train. The rolling mill may...