ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,276, issued on June 23, was assigned to R.A JONES & Co.
"Device and method for operating on products, in particular for packaging articles in boxes" was invented by Andrea Biondi (Bologna, Italy), Luca Cavazza (Bologna, Italy), Ivanoe Bertuzzi (Bologna, Italy) and Valentina Sumini (Bologna, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for packaging articles in boxes, including a carousel rotatable about a substantially vertical axis of rotation and a frame provided with a first operating unit arranged to operate on one of said articles and/or one of said boxes. The frame is supported and kept raised from the ground by the carousel b...