ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,218, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. (Pully, Switzerland).
"Method and system for controlling tube orientation in a food packaging system" was invented by Gabriele Borelli (Spilamberto, Italy) and Stefano Fornasari (Modena, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are described for managing tube orientation in a food packaging machine, wherein the food packaging machine comprises a plurality of sub-systems. One or more variable values are received, which indicate measurements by the food packaging machine of one or more physical parameter...