ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,086, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN (Clermont-Ferrand, France).
"Automated cell for performing container control during a process of picking rubber blocks" was invented by Gregory Marcet (Clermont-Ferrand, France), Gwenael Favro (Clermont-Ferrand, France) and Maxime Tarrit (Clermont-Ferrand, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an automated cell (100) for handling containers in which rubber blocks are arranged. The cell includes: a frame that allows the fixed installation of the cell; an automatic centering system having a guiding means that allows precise pos...