ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,657, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to CONCEPT & FORME DEVELOPPEMENTS SA (Profondeville, Belgium).
"Pallet switching conveyor" was invented by Gerard Pitance (Profondeville, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pallet switcher includes: a supporting structure; at least two mobile frames, each for carrying a pallet, each mobile frame of the at least two mobile frames including a first pair of rollers and a second pair of rollers on lateral sides of the mobile frame; a conveyor system located on the supporting structure for allowing movement of the at least two mobile frames, the conveyor system being connected to a drive shaft; a...