ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,243, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to RICCIARELLI S.P.A. (Pistoia, Italy).
"Machine for packaging long pasta" was invented by Vito Milella (Pistoia, Italy) and Alberto Mangani (Pistoia, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine for packing long pasta such as spaghetti, fettuccine, bavette, linguine, and the like, the machine being of the intermittent filling type and comprising-a storage space for storing elongated cardboard boxes kept in flat arrangement, -a pre-opening area for the cartons, -a conveyor belt, provided with cradles for the open cartons, for forming and moving a line of cartons, the carrier conveyor including a...