ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,970, issued on April 22.
"Modular handling system of tubular elements" was invented by Alexey Zhuravlev (Trento, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular handling system of tubular elements includes processing stations and loading and unloading areas. Each processing station includes a support structure and one or more modules operatively coupled to the support structure and configured to receive a tubular element in support. The modules are arranged sliding on the support structure along a first longitudinal axis thereof and each module includes a movement unit of the tubular elements having a longitudinal mover of the tubular ...