US Patent Issued to COSTRUZIONI MECCANICHE E TECNOLOGICHE on Sept. 30 for "Apparatus for loading and accumulating semi-finished plate-like pieces, in particular lenses" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,236, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to COSTRUZIONI MECCANICHE E TECNOLOGICHE S.R.L. (Venice, Italy).

"Apparatus for loading and accumulating semi-finished plate-like pieces, in particular lenses" was invented by Lorenzo Dal Canale (Venice, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for loading and accumulating semi-finished plate-like pieces, in particular lenses, includes a support structure and a piece warehouse which is associated with the support structure for moving the pieces from a piece inlet portion to a piece outlet portion along a warehouse axis. The warehouse includes augers extending parallel to the warehouse a...