US Patent Issued to FERRUM PACKAGING on Sept. 8 for "Folding shaft device for a closer, and method for fastening a can lid to a can body" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,454, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to FERRUM PACKAGING AG (Schafisheim, Switzerland).

"Folding shaft device for a closer, and method for fastening a can lid to a can body" was invented by Marco Siegrist (Rottenschwil, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seaming shaft mechanism for a sealer for the attaching of a can lid to a can body includes a seaming shaft rotatable around a seaming axis, a seamer arranged at one end of the seaming shaft; as well as a sensor for the monitoring of the seaming process during the attachment of the can lid to the can body. The sensor is arranged at the seaming shaft such that the seaming pro...