ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,547, issued on April 15, was assigned to G.D S.P.A. (Bologna, Italy).
"Device and process for feeding articles to be packaged" was invented by Salvatore Carboni (Bologna, Italy) and Antonio Vitali (Bologna, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and a process for feeding articles to be packaged with a packaging apparatus are presented. The articles are transported on a first conveying line and can be arranged according to a desired pattern, which is repeated on a second conveying line from which the articles will be picked up in a subsequent station. For this purpose, at least one transfer device is provided for transferring th...