ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,424, issued on March 31, was assigned to DANIELI & C. OFFICINE MECCANICHE S.P.A. (Buttrio, Italy).
"Device and method for unwinding and inspection of metallic strip coils" was invented by Dmytro Lapin (Manzano, Italy) and Illya Synelnykov (Manzano, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device for unwinding a coil of a metal strip including a bogie translatable back and forth along a guiding system; a blocking system which is arranged on said bogie and which contains a first and a second shaped element, wherein the first shaped element is a roller, preferably an idle roller; an actuating system for modifying...