ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,895, issued on June 16, was assigned to Barry-Wehmiller Inc. (Duncan, S.C.).
"Heat-sealing apparatus for wrapping articles" was invented by Mark Davidson (Greer, S.C.), Joshua Riddle (Campobello, S.C.) and Adrianus Claessens (Duncan, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a heat-sealing apparatus of a flow wrapper machine which facilitates efficient, reliable and versatile operation. Notably, the apparatus includes multiple ring gears driven by multiple servo motors in a desirably compact configuration, with the arrangement including quickly removable heat-sealing die heads for efficient operation an...