ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,871, issued on July 14, was assigned to GEBRUDER LINCK MASCHINENFABRIK "GATTERLINCK" GMBH & Co. KG (Oberkirch, Germany).
"Band-saw blade changing device and method" was invented by Martin Bock (Buch am Buchrain, Germany) and Reinhard Sigl (Perach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for mounting and dismounting a band-saw blade has a movable support frame and a plurality of retaining elements distributed on said support frame and configured to temporarily adhere to the outer flat side of the band-saw blade at various locations along the contour of the band-saw blade, thereby exerting an outwardly directed force on the out...