ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,253, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to ArcelorMittal (Luxembourg).
"System and method for handling semi-finished metal products" was invented by Akshay Bansal (Maizieres-les-Metz, France), Benjamin Boissiere (Metz, France), Gerard Griffay (Coincy, France) and Pierre Georges (Laquenexy, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system (1) for handling semi-finished metal products (5) including a gripper (3) suitable to grasp at least one semi-finished product (5) laid on a surface (40), a conveyor configured to lift the gripping means (3) from a low position towards a high position, and a tilter (2) configured to rotate the gripper (3)...