US Patent Issued to AND Y KNOT INNOVATION AND SALES on Sept. 30 for "Device and conveyance system for packaging elongated items" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,245, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to AND Y KNOT INNOVATION AND SALES INC. (Leduc, Canada).

"Device and conveyance system for packaging elongated items" was invented by Melvin Douglas Kapicki (Leduc, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and conveyance system are provided for packaging elongated items such as firewood pieces. The device includes: an elevated structure having an upper platform for receiving the elongated items from a separate conveyor; a paddlewheel diverter located on or above the platform for changing the direction of movement of the elongated items; and one or more elevator shafts having open bottoms. ...