US Patent Issued to Kurtz on Sept. 1 for "Tool, tool system and method for the production of particle foam parts" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,329, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Kurtz GmbH & Co. KG (Kreuzwertheim, Germany).

"Tool, tool system and method for the production of particle foam parts" was invented by Victor Romanov (Wertheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool for the production of particle foam parts through the welding of foam particles by means of electromagnetic waves comprises two mould halves which bound a mould cavity. At least one of the two mould halves is made of a material which is transparent to electromagnetic waves and has a boundary wall which bounds the mould cavity and one or more supports serving to support the boundary wall on a...