ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,891, issued on March 3, was assigned to SMO bvba (Eeklo, Belgium).
"Spin-saw machine" was invented by Jan Bonte (Eeklo, Belgium), Arne Drabbe (Eeklo, Belgium) and Guylian Cacquaert (Eeklo, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An overhead sawing device comprising a central frame, a cutting cable, a driving unit, a first and a second arms configured to deflect the cutting cable to a lower level, at least two rotatable arms configured to receive the cutting cable from the higher level and to guide said cable during a cut. The device further includes a telescopic cable tensioning element. A method of operating the device is also provid...