ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,966, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Global Land Equipment Inc. (East Moriches, N.Y.).
"Wood bundling and bagging system" was invented by Kenneth J Cartalemi (East Moriches, N.Y.), Matthew Cartalemi (Moriches, N.Y.) and Dean Battaglia (Shirley, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for bundling wood includes a bin portion collecting logs that drop off a conveyor platform in a transverse orientation relative to a direction of travel. A first sensor detects each log as it drops, forming a stack, and a control module maintains a running count of the logs in the stack. A hatch automatically opens and simultaneously ...