ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,662, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to HTI Automation GmbH (Ebersberg, Germany).
"Separating device" was invented by Wolfgang Heimberg (Ebersberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A separating device for the provision of one or more conveyed materials, in particular lids, in a predetermined positional state comprises a conveyor device for receiving and transporting lids in one transport direction, with a conveyor belt and several receiving areas formed on the conveyor belt for receiving at least one lid each, the conveyor device being inclined with respect to the horizontal at least in a pre-separation section in such a way th...