ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,003, issued on March 17, was assigned to UHLMANN PAC-SYSTEME GMBH & Co. KG (Laupheim, Germany).
"Closing device and method for closing foldable packages" was invented by Wolfgang Rodi (Laupheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for closing foldable packages and a closing device has a first support element having a first support surface on which a bottom flap of a package can be arranged, and a second support element having a second support surface on which a top flap of the package can be arranged. A first push-in bar and a second push-in bar of the closing device are moveable along a movement path which has in some p...