ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,296, issued on May 12, was assigned to Hangzhou Hongli Pipe Machinery Co. Ltd (Hangzhou, China).

"Bench pipe threading machine and threading method" was invented by Hongwu Xie (Hangzhou, China) and Chenchen Fei (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bench pipe threading machine and a threading method are provided. The bench pipe threading machine includes a spindle assembly, a die head assembly, a cutter assembly, a reamer assembly, a lifting handle assembly, and a frame assembly. The spindle assembly, the die head assembly, the cutter assembly, the reamer assembly, and the lifting handle assembly are mounted on the frame a...