ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,556, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to EGG-CHICK AUTOMATED TECHNOLOGIES (Landivisiau, France).
"Apparatus for transferring objects" was invented by Frederic Leran (Landivisiau, France), Bertrand Malet (Landivisiau, France), Steven Talarmin (Landivisiau, France) and Lionel Rolland (Landivisiau, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for transferring objects is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an object take-off roller (10) equipped with members (11) for individually gripping objects. The apparatus comprises at least a linear actuator (13), placed in the interior volume defined by the roller. This actuator (13) moves a g...