US Patent Issued to Krones on Sept. 1 for "Packaging apparatus and method for applying packaging to an article combination" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,822, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Krones AG (Neutraubling, Germany).

"Packaging apparatus and method for applying packaging to an article combination" was invented by Stephan Wittmann (Siegsdorf, Germany), Herbert Spindler (Niedermoosen, Germany) and Marcus Kreis (Kolbermoor, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaging apparatus and a method for applying packaging (20) to an article combination (30) comprising at least two articles in each instance. The packaging apparatus comprises at least one preparation die for preparing the packaging (20). The preparation die (40) comprises a folding device for folding over opposite...