ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,960, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Delkor Systems Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Simultaneous multiple package case packer" was invented by Jeremiah Ericson (Andover, Minn.), Nicholas E. Kaiser (St. Francis, Minn.) and Nicholas A. Orfei (North St. Paul, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, its components, and method of operation for loading articles into multiple cases is presented and includes a robotic assembly having a vertical arm movably connected to a frame at one end and a rail centrally engaged at the other. At least two end of arm tools (EOATs) are engaged to the rail, with each EOAT being capable of independent an...