US Patent Issued to SASIB on March 17 for "Machine and method to manufacture tubular elements with the shape of a truncated cone, in particular, of the tobacco industry" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,005, issued on March 17, was assigned to SASIB S.P.A. (Castel Maggiore, Italy).

"Machine and method to manufacture tubular elements with the shape of a truncated cone, in particular, of the tobacco industry" was invented by Roberto Ghiotti (Monte S. Pietro, Italy), Enrico Manfredi (Bologna, Italy) and Yuri Negrini (Bologna, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are described a method and machine for manufacturing truncated-cone shaped tubular elements. The machine comprises: a conveyor provided with a number of first seats, each for a tubular element, divided into sets with a predetermined number of first seats; a first inserti...