ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,180, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to G.D S.P.A. (Bologna, Italy).
"Apparatus and method for transporting products" was invented by Andrea Biondi (Bologna, Italy), Umberto Zanetti (Bologna, Italy), Enrico Campagnoli (Bologna, Italy) and Luca Cavazza (Bologna, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transporter apparatus for products includes a first conveyor, provided with seats for receiving said products and provided to move said products in a first advance direction, a compaction unit, positioned downstream of the first conveyor and a second conveyor positioned downstream of said compaction unit.The compacting unit includes a s...