US Patent Issued to OT LUCCA on Sept. 8 for "Interfolding machine" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,092, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to OT LUCCA S.R.L. (Montecarlo, Italy).

"Interfolding machine" was invented by Paolo Casotti (Lucca-Frazione di Antraccoli, Italy) and Valter Ceccarelli (Chiesina Uzzanese, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interfolding machine comprising means for transforming a rotary motion into an oscillating motion which move the first folding fingers and which are coupled in input to a toothed driven gear receiving drive from a toothed drive gear via a toothed belt or a chain and means for making the first folding roller and the toothed drive gear rotate in synchrony. The interfolding machine advantage...