ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,294, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to NITTOKU Co. LTD. (Saitama-City, Japan).
"Wire rod disposing device and wire rod disposition method" was invented by Takayuki Sato (Fukushima, Japan) and Masashi Watanabe (Fukushima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wire rod disposing device includes: a wire rod delivering mechanism configured to deliver a wire rod from a nozzle at a predetermined speed; a movable stage serving as a member support part configured to support a base plate serving as a disposition target member such that the wire rod is routed after the wire rod is delivered from the nozzle and curved; and a tension applica...