ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,410, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to WEILER ENGINEERING INC. (Elgin, Ill.).

"Gas shield generator for a blow/fill/seal machine" was invented by Paul Novorolsky (DeKalb, Ill.) and Alex A. Bazdor (Woodstock, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas shield generator positionable over open parisons in a Blow/Fill/Seal machine prior to container forming, filling and sealing minimizes likelihood of particulate contamination of open parisons while the open parisons are transported to a parison blowing and filling station."

The patent was filed on Dec. 18, 2023, under Application No. 18/543,725.

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