ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,313, issued on April 29, was assigned to G.D S.P.A. (Bologna, Italy).
"Transfer apparatus and process" was invented by Andrea Biondi (Bologna, Italy), Luca Cavazza (Bologna, Italy), Umberto Zanetti (Bologna, Italy), Enrico Campagnoli (Bologna, Italy), Antonio Gigante (Bologna, Italy), Giacomo Noferini (Bologna, Italy) and Cristian Dakessian (Bologna, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and a transfer process for articles are presented. The articles are transferred without risk of damage when gripped by pincer grip devices, regardless of article shape and gripping manner. The apparatus includes a first transport device, h...