US Patent Issued to AXON on June 23 for "Machine and method for applying tubular shrink sleeve material to objects" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,821, issued on June 23, was assigned to AXON LLC (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Machine and method for applying tubular shrink sleeve material to objects" was invented by Adam W. Duncan (Apex, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine for applying tubular film to objects includes a mandrel about which a tubular film is passed, a perforation assembly for forming a perforation line across a width of the tubular film prior to the tubular film moving onto the mandrel, and a sleeve ejection arrangement associated with the mandrel to separate the tubular film along the perforation line to create a tubular sleeve that is ejected off of the mandrel a...