US Patent Issued to Educational Foundation of Kokushikan on March 24 for "Cap opening and closing apparatus and method of controlling same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,724, issued on March 24, was assigned to Educational Foundation of Kokushikan (Tokyo).

"Cap opening and closing apparatus and method of controlling same" was invented by Makoto Jinno (Tokyo) and Ryosuke Nonoyama (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cap opening and closing apparatus comprises: a first arm including a catch portion that moves, engages with an edge portion of a cap of a microtube, and opens the cap as the first arm rotates about a first rotation axis in a first direction; and a second arm including a pressing member that presses and closes the cap as the second arm rotates about a second rotation axis in a second di...