ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,755, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to NISSEI PLASTIC INDUSTRIAL Co. LTD. (Nagano, Japan).

"Safety cover and vertical injection molding machine" was invented by Kazuhiko Nishizawa (Nagano, Japan), Hajime Ueno (Nagano, Japan) and Masayuki Miyajima (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a safety cover with good maintainability and an injection molding machine including the safety cover. The safety cover includes: a lower cover attached to a movable plate where a lower mold is installed; and an upper cover provided above the lower cover. The upper cover includes a fixed cover, a lifting cover that is attached to the f...