ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,269, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to DANIELI & C. OFFICINE MECCANICHE S.P.A. (Buttrio, Italy).
"Plant and method for classifying scrap" was invented by Nicola Gagliardi (Corno di Rosazzo, Italy), Luca Mattinzioli (Marmirolo, Italy) and Andrea Pasut (Zoppola, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is related to a plant for the classification of scrap according to its chemical composition. The plant contains a shear adapted to cut scrap; downstream of the shear an analyser of the chemical composition of the sheared material; means of transport, comprising a plurality of vibrating feeders and conveyors to transport the shea...