US Patent Issued to R.A JONES & Co. on Sept. 1 for "Unit and method for packaging articles in boxes" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,818, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to R.A JONES & Co. (Covington, Ky.).

"Unit and method for packaging articles in boxes" was invented by Andrea Biondi (Bologna, Italy), Luca Cavazza (Bologna, Italy), Ivanoe Bertuzzi (Bologna, Italy), Enrico Campagnoli (Bologna, Italy), Marco Ghini (Bologna, Italy) and Luca Borderi (Bologna, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaging unit of articles in boxes includes a mandrel, a movement device, a feeding device, a folding device, and a first retaining device. The mandrel is configured to accommodate at least one of the articles therein. The movement device is configured to move the mandrel...