US Patent Issued to ISHIDA on March 17 for "Film roll replacement device, film roll supply method, and film roll removal method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,072, issued on March 17, was assigned to ISHIDA Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Film roll replacement device, film roll supply method, and film roll removal method" was invented by Makoto Ichikawa (Ritto, Japan), Satoshi Hashimoto (Ritto, Japan), Masayuki Yamane (Ritto, Japan) and Yuchuan Tong (Ritto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A film roll replacement device supplies a film roll to a bag making and packaging machine, which has a film-roll-supporting part to support the film roll and which manufactures bags containing articles using the film. The film roll replacement device includes a holding section, the driving unit, and a con...