ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,329, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Bobst Mex SA (Mex, Switzerland).

"Sheet processing machine" was invented by Maude Steiner (Morrens, Switzerland) and Daniel Tapis (Crissier, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet processing machine (10) with a jam detection device (44, 46), the jam detection device (44, 46) comprising a light emitting element and a light receiving element forming a light barrier in a detection zone (53, 78) of a processing station of the sheet processing machine (10). The jam detection device (44, 46) further comprises a control unit (48) being connected to the light receiving element and being ada...