ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,575, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SACMI COOPERATIVA MECCANICI IMOLA SOCIETA' COOPERATIVA (Italy).
"Knife for cutting caps" was invented by Matteo Venturini (Imola, Italy) and Davide Penazzi (Imola, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knife is arranged for a cutting apparatus is provided for obtaining incision lines and notches on a side wall of a plastic cap intended for closing a container when the cap is rotated around its own rotation axis and moved along a path for interacting with the knife in an advancement direction. The knife includes an integral arrangement of cutting edges that project from a peripheral region of ...