US Patent Issued to TOKAN KOGYO on June 23 for "Method for forming a body section of a paper cup and a paper sleeve" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,862, issued on June 23, was assigned to TOKAN KOGYO Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Method for forming a body section of a paper cup and a paper sleeve" was invented by Shinichiro Kurihara (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided Is a technology whereby defects can be suppressed when blanks are rolled and end sections bonded, during molding of paper containers including paper cups and paper sleeves. The blank is embossed, one end of the blank is folded in towards the center of the container, a fold line L is formed, the blank is curled around to make a curved surface, one end 2 of the blank is arranged on the lower side and the other end 1 ...