MUMBAI, India, April 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517011855 A) filed by Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies Limited, London, on Feb. 12, for 'methods and apparatus for controlled discharge of components from a tube.'

Inventor(s) include Mallam, Ben Geoffrey; and Clarkson, Jay Simon.

The application for the patent was published on April 11, under issue no. 15/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A conveyor (40), a system and a method for controlled discharge of a stack of components from a tube, the conveyor (40) comprising: i) a frame (41) configured to be located in proximity to an outlet of the tube; and ii) a plurality of feed elements (61) mounted to t...