ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,027, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to WestRock Packaging Systems LLC (Atlanta).
"Applicator plate, apparatus and method" was invented by Linh L. Kooc (Richmond, Va.), Casey P Grey (Richmond, Va.) and Matthew E. Zacherle (Moseley, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the invention relate to an applicator plate (10) for use in an apparatus (80) for attaching a set of frangibly adjoined top engaging clips (110) to a group of articles 'C'. The applicator plate (10) having a generally planar body; and a plurality of apertures (16a-26f) within the body. Each aperture (16a-26f) has a series of internal walls (16i-16x) arranged such...