ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,216, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Tonyazzopardi Holdings LLC (St. Clair, Mich.).
"Throatless power rotary shears" was invented by Anthony Wachtel (Saint Clair, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A throatless rotary shear device includes an s-shaped frame, a feed wheel, and a cut wheel. The cut wheel can be adjacent to and offset from the feed wheel such that an overlap is defined therebetween. A v-shaped relief can be provided on the s-shaped frame. The v-shaped relief can be aligned with the overlap. Portions of material cut by the rotary shear device are urged in different directions by the v-shaped relief."
The patent was...