US Patent Issued to Papeltec Overseas on Nov. 4 for "Method and apparatus for separating and spooling a paper web" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,771, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Papeltec Overseas Inc. (Atlantic Beach, Fla.).

"Method and apparatus for separating and spooling a paper web" was invented by Peter Rodriguez (Jacksonville, Fla.), Jason Rodriguez (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Craig Austin (Jacksonville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A family of paper tape turn-up constructs for accomplishing automated paper web turnup in paper processing. Methods and apparatus to form the constructs are described. Methods and Apparatus to apply the constructs to paper production equipment are also described. In some examples, the paper tape turn-up construct includes a cover fl...