ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,252, issued on March 24, was assigned to STM TECHNOLOGIES S.R.L. (Milan).

"Apparatus for the continuous production of a mattress comprising agglomerated mineral fibres" was invented by Marco La Greca (Calvenzano, Italy) and Roberto Massini (Calvenzano, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus (20) for the continuous production of a mattress (14) of agglomerated mineral fibres is described, comprising a mineral fibre receiving or forming chamber (2), an accumulator conveyer (3) arranged below the receiving or forming chamber (2) and comprising adjacent drums (4) provided with perforated or gas-permeable circumferential surfa...