US Patent Issued to S.I.P.A. SOCIETA' INDUSTRIALIZZAZIONE PROGETTAZIONE E AUTOMAZIONE on Nov. 3 for "Post-molding cooling apparatus for preforms or contrainers made of thermoplastic" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,762, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to S.I.P.A. SOCIETA' INDUSTRIALIZZAZIONE PROGETTAZIONE E AUTOMAZIONE S.P.A. (Vittorio Veneto, Italy).

"Post-molding cooling apparatus for preforms or contrainers made of thermoplastic" was invented by Franco Cavallini (Treviso, Italy), Marco Frare (San Fior, Italy), Marco Piai (Sacile, Italy) and Matteo Zoppas (Conegliano, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary cooling apparatus for cooling preforms (P) made of thermoplastic material, comprising: -a carousel (1) defining a periphery thereof and adapted to rotate about a substantially vertical rotation axis; -at least one fixed guide element (...