ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,171, issued on March 24, was assigned to Nelipak Corp. (Whitehall, Pa.).
"Thermoforming machine web transport assembly" was invented by Jason Stewart (Leesport, Pa.) and Paul Treible (Lehighton, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A web transport assembly for moving flexible sheet material in a manufacturing process. The web transport assembly comprises first and second gripper chains spaced apart from one another to define a path of travel of the flexible sheet material, each of the gripper chains having a plurality of saddle links and a plurality of gripper links. First and second parallel rail structures are respectively aligned w...