ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,550, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to I.G. Specials B.V. (Gameren, Netherlands).
"Apparatus and method for placing bulbs" was invented by Wim Struijk (Delwijnen, Netherlands), Wim Van Der El (Ameide, Netherlands) and Andrew Wagner (Zwijnaarde, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is discussed a method of picking and placing bulbs, in which bulbs are supplied on a supply surface of a bulbs supply system; the bulbs being identified and picked from the supply surface with a pick-and-place head; wherein the bulbs are reoriented about a minor axis before being placed."
The patent was filed on April 10, 2019, under Application...