ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,611, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MACHINERY SYSTEMS LTD. (Kobe, Japan).

"Defect detecting device and defect detecting method for corrugated cardboard sheet, and box making machinery" was invented by Shuichi Takemoto (Hyogo, Japan) and Mitsuhiro Nadachi (Hyogo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A defect detecting device is provided for a corrugated cardboard sheet having one surface formed with a recessed portion of a first score in a thickness direction and another surface formed with a recessed portion of a second score having a smaller depth in the thickness direction. The device includes: a mea...