ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,971, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to G.D S.P.A. (Bologna, Italy).
"Movement unit for articles" was invented by Andrea Biondi (Bologna, Italy), Luca Cavazza (Bologna, Italy), Umberto Zanetti (Bologna, Italy), Enrico Campagnoli (Bologna, Italy), Antonio Gigante (Bologna, Italy) and Giacomo Noferini (Bologna, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A movement unit for articles includes a first carousel device having a first transporter member and first gripping heads mounted thereon and provided to move the articles into a single-row configuration. The movement unit further includes a second carousel device to receive the articles from ...