ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,143, issued on March 24, was assigned to BOBST MEX SA (Mex, Switzerland).
"Sheet processing machine" was invented by Stephane Chesaux (Echallens, Switzerland) and Carles Sagues Mitjana (Villars-sous-Yens, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet processing machine with a transfer mechanism for moving sheets along a handling direction of the sheet processing machine and with a waste evacuation device (36) for releasing the sheets. The transfer mechanism comprises a sheet handling element (28) for moving a sheet, the sheet handling element (28) comprising at least one sliding element (54). The sheet handling element (28) is ...