ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,635, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Automation Inc. (Brooklyn Center, Minn.).
"Adjustable tray stacker/destacker assembly" was invented by David E. Helgerson (Plymouth, Minn.) and Reed A. Bailey (Minneapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Assemblies, systems, and methods for stacking, destacking, or stacking and destacking a plurality of trays that includes a conveyor having a first rail and a second rail; a lift subassembly configured to stack or destack a plurality of trays having predetermined dimensions, the lift subassembly comprising a first set of arms slidably coupled to a lift plate; a second set of arms slidably coupled...