ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,808, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to BOBST MEX SA (Mex, Switzerland).
"Suction bar system for a converting machine" was invented by Olivier Chandran (Lausanne, Switzerland) and Tim Lair (Bussigny, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to suction bar system for a converting machine (10), the suction bar system comprising at least one suction bar assembly (31) comprising a suction plate mounted on a transverse beam having an internal air supply channel (34). The suction plate (36) comprises a plurality of main airflow channels (48) wherein each of the main airflow channels (48) is provided with a fir...