US Patent Issued to CALEFFI on Sept. 1 for "Capsule cutting apparatus and method" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,318, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to CALEFFI S.p.A. (Italy).

"Capsule cutting apparatus and method" was invented by Ruggero Menzolini (Imola, Italy) and Matteo Venturini (Imola, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting apparatus and method are disclosed for making a tamper device of a closing capsule, in which the capsule is fed to a cutting device on which simultaneously a first force is exerted that maintains a cutting portion of the device in an operative cutting position and a second force that would tend to make the cutting portion retreat to a safety position, the first force being greater than the second force and in ...