ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,599, issued on June 17.
"Drilling machine with improved carousel loading device" was invented by Renzo Comacchio (Riese Pio X, Italy), Pasqualino Comacchio (Riese Pio X, Italy) and Patrizio Comacchio (Riese Pio X, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drilling machine includes a loading device of the carousel type for a plurality of rod modules and optionally a plurality of covering modules. The loading device includes a platform, on which the rod modules are arranged to be orthogonal to the platform, and a conveyor system for conveying the rod modules along a closed path. The carousel loading device includes a lateral containment f...