ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,849, issued on May 26, was assigned to GAZZELLA ATLANTIQUE (AVRILLE, France).

"Machine for joining sheet material, preferably cardboard" was invented by Mathieu Levert (Vern d'Anjou, France) and Andrea Torcellan (Angers, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Machine (1) for joining sheet material (20) includes a sheet-material joining station (2) arranged between two sheet-material storage regions (3, 4), and a control unit (5). The joining station (2) forms a guide path (6) for sheet material (20) that develops longitudinally from one of the storage regions (3, 4) to the other storage region. The guide path (6) has two edges (7) an...