US Patent Issued to TOTOFOLDER MANUFACTURING on July 14 for "Folding assistance device and folding apparatus including folding assistance device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,225, issued on July 14, was assigned to TOTOFOLDER MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Saitama, Japan).

"Folding assistance device and folding apparatus including folding assistance device" was invented by Yusuke Maeshima (Saitama, Japan) and Haruo Kojima (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are provided a folding assistance device capable of reliably folding a fabric formed of a relatively rigid nonwoven fabric, as compared with a fabric formed of cotton or synthetic fiber, and a folding apparatus including the folding assistance device. A folding assistance device (10) includes a pressing portion (20) that is attached to a fold...