ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,516, issued on April 14, was assigned to SOREMARTEC S.A. (Senningerberg, Luxembourg).
"Welding station and method for producing a package comprising a heat-sealed wrapping" was invented by Sergio Mansuino (Alba, Italy), Michele Ripa (Alba, Italy), Luca Borderi (Sasso Marconi, Italy) and Andrea Biondi (Bologna, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A welding station for producing a wrapping has a support wheel and a welding device housed on the support wheel and having a head assembly that has a welding member, a support body, and a rod axially movable between a retracted position and a forward position. The support body is integral w...