US Patent Issued to FIVES MACHINING SYSTEMS on Feb. 10 for "Fiber placement machines with scrap recovery" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,991, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to FIVES MACHINING SYSTEMS INC. (Fond Du Lac, Wis.).

"Fiber placement machines with scrap recovery" was invented by Michael A. Noel (Sunman, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scrap collection assembly for use with a fiber placement machine, including a scrap bin configured to receive scrap pieces of composite tape; a first roller assembly, including a roller configured to engage one side of a scrap piece of composite tape, coupled to the scrap bin; a second roller assembly, including another roller configured to engage an opposite side of the scrap piece of composite tape, coupled to the scrap...