US Patent Issued to BELVAC PRODUCTION MACHINERY on March 25 for "Clutch assembly for handling a container" (Virginia, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,731, issued on March 25, was assigned to BELVAC PRODUCTION MACHINERY INC. (Lynchburg, Va.).

"Clutch assembly for handling a container" was invented by David Joseph Mammolenti (Moneta, Va.), Syed Ali Asghar (Richmond, Texas), Harold James Marshall (Forest, Va.) and Robert Charles Graefe Jr. (Lynchburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the disclosure relate to a clutch assembly (100) for handling a container, and an associated method for using the clutch assembly. The clutch assembly includes a shaft (102) configured to rotate in a first direction and a second direction, opposite from the first direction. The clutch assem...