ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,423, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to ANRITSU Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Article conveying device" was invented by Takashi Suzuki (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container conveying device includes a contact support portion which comes into contact with one side surface of a container, a star wheel, a contact support portion which comes into contact with the other side surface of the container, and a holding wheel provided to be relatively rotatable with respect to the star wheel. When the container is not located at a container inspection position, the container conveying device conveys the container while maintai...