ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,861, issued on July 1.
"Robot head for the withdrawal of glass containers" was invented by Giorgio Gusmini (Calvenzano, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot head for withdrawing and transferring glass containers between two different conveyor groups includes a series of gripping members for withdrawing the glass containers carried by a first conveyor and releasing the containers on a second conveyor, wherein the gripping members of the robot head withdraw together all the glass containers carried by the first conveyor when the movement of the conveyor is stopped so as to enable a withdrawal of the containers. The robot head fu...