ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,576, issued on May 5, was assigned to Krones AG (Neutraubling, Germany).
"Vacuum cylinder unit for transferring labels" was invented by Christian Holzer (Schierling, Germany) and Gundolf Kipper (Gebelkofen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a vacuum cylinder unit for transferring labels to containers in a vacuum-supported manner, and a labeling device equipped with said unit. The vacuum cylinder unit comprises a drive shaft and a vacuum cylinder which is coupled thereto in a centered and driving manner by means of a zero-point clamping system. Because the zero-point clamping system comprises a clamping pin...