US Patent Issued to Cardinal IG on Dec. 9 for "Shuttle system and method for transferring glass sheets between multiple conveyor systems" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,083, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Cardinal IG Co. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

"Shuttle system and method for transferring glass sheets between multiple conveyor systems" was invented by Karl Chic (Baraboo, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shuttle system for transferring glass sheets between multiple conveyor lines. At least two conveyor lines are located crosswise from one another and the shuttle system transfers at least one glass sheet from a first conveyor line to the second conveyor line while the first conveyor line remains operational. A top surface of the glass sheet remains untouched during the conveyance."

The patent wa...