US Patent Issued to SCHNELL on March 31 for "Method and apparatus for binding metal wires and similar products" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,427, issued on March 31, was assigned to SCHNELL S.P.A. (Colli al Metauro, Italy).

"Method and apparatus for binding metal wires and similar products" was invented by Elia Priuli (Colli al Metauro, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method for binding metal wires and similar products around a first element and possibly a second element, in particular having an elongated shape, for example a reinforcing bar, includes the steps of preparing an apparatus for binding the metal wires against the first element, feeding at least one wire to the apparatus next to the first element, calendering the wire by means of a calendering assemb...