ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,692, issued on May 26, was assigned to DANIELI & C. OFFICINE MECCANICHE S.P.A. (Buttrio, Italy).
"Front loading extrusion press for producing metal extrudates by extruding a billet" was invented by Alessandro Mario Galli (Costa Masnaga, Italy) and Paolo Ballarini (Milan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An extrusion press for producing metal items by extruding a metal billet, said press comprising an extrusion die and a main cylinder including an extrusion punch adapted to be translated in two opposite directions, wherein the translation of said extrusion punch in a first extrusion direction results in a push against said billet and in t...