ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,461, issued on March 31, was assigned to Grazioli Cesare S.r.l. (Carpenedolo, Italy).

"Transfer machine" was invented by Giuseppe Vinco (Carpenedolo, Italy), Mattia Fezzardi (Carpenedolo, Italy) and Claudio Grazioli (Carpenedolo, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transfer machine for cold plastic deformation and/or chip removal of at least one tubular profile is provided. The transfer machine has a base, a mounting table, a rotary table, and a plurality of electromechanical work units installed on the mounting table. Each electromechanical work unit has a first advance group having a first advance motor, a first advance recircu...