US Patent Issued to Daifuku on Oct. 21 for "Inter-container transfer apparatus and inter-container transfer method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,227, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Daifuku Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Inter-container transfer apparatus and inter-container transfer method" was invented by Kenichi Ukisu (Tokyo), Atsushi Minoo (Tokyo) and Takeshi Sugimoto (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inversion mechanism inverts a first container held by a holding mechanism with a first opening directed upward, and directs the first opening downward. A movement mechanism moves the holding mechanism so that the first opening directed downward faces a second opening from above. The opening and closing drive mechanism brings an opening and closing member into the closed...