US Patent Issued to ISHIDA on Sept. 1 for "Former, bagmaking and packaging machine, and method of manufacturing bagmaking and packaging machine" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,820, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to ISHIDA Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Former, bagmaking and packaging machine, and method of manufacturing bagmaking and packaging machine" was invented by Satoshi Hashimoto (Ritto, Japan), Makoto Ichikawa (Ritto, Japan) and Rintaro Moritani (Ritto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bagmaking and packaging machine forms a packaging material in a tubular shape and packages packaging articles. The bagmaking and packaging machine includes a former, a wraparound member, and a support member. The former folds and guides the packaging material. Around the wraparound member is wrapped the packaging ma...