ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,649, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to EVOBEND GmbH (Ainring, Germany).
"Processing machine, workpiece table and method for processing a workpiece" was invented by Nikolaus Franz Duscher (Bergheim, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a machine tool (10), in particular a long folding machine, for machining a workpiece (12) made of flat material such as sheet metal, comprising: a workpiece table (14) defining a supporting area (16) on which the workpiece (12) can be placed at least in sections during machining; and at least one machining unit (18) for machining the workpiece (12). The workpiece table (14) com...