ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,520, issued on June 3, was assigned to G.D S.P.A. (Bologna, Italy).
"Singling unit for articles stacked in a nested configuration" was invented by Andrea Biondi (Bologna, Italy), Luca Cavazza (Bologna, Italy), Enrico Campagnoli (Bologna, Italy), Antonio Gigante (Bologna, Italy) and Umberto Zanetti (Bologna, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A singling unit for articles stacked in a nested configuration includes at least two stacks of articles stacked in a nested configuration, an extractor group to extract single articles from each stack, and a conveyor to receive the articles singled by the extractor group and to transport them al...