ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,956, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Alejandro Gomez Fregoso (Mexico).

"Circular blade and device for cutting ice tubes" was invented by Alejandro Gomez Fregoso (Jalisco, Mexico), Ricardo Flores Ruiz (Jalisco, Mexico) and Jose Juventino Tiscareno Velazquez (Jalisco, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a circular toothed blade, formed by a disc (1) having a central hole (2), wherein the blade comprises: a series of protrusions (5) separated by cut-outs (3) and projecting at an angle of 0-90deg on the perimeter edge of the disc (1), wherein the protrusion (5) comprises a series of teeth projecting at an angle of 0-90d...