US Patent Issued to BW Converting on Sept. 8 for "Clasp for producing coreless roll products" (American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,087, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to BW Converting Inc. (Green Bay, Wis.).

"Clasp for producing coreless roll products" was invented by Michael E. Techlin (De Pere, Wis.), Cory L. Schubring (De Pere, Wis.), Benjamin Manders (Hobart, Wis.) and Emanuele Moriconi (Camaiore, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clasp has a prong and a housing with clamping wedges and actuator wedges. The clamping wedges are spaced circumferentially around the prong within the housing and moveable within the housing via the actuator wedges. In a disengaged position, the clamping wedges are spaced radially outwardly from the outer surface of the prong...