ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,963, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Iczia Engineering S.L. (Valencia, Spain).
"Fruit and vegetable conveyor machine" was invented by Irene Soler Leon (Valencia, Spain) and Juan Diego Diaz Lopez (Valencia, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a fruit and vegetable conveyor machine having a traction cable whereon a number of rotating elements are suspended which travel along mechanised rails to determine their path. The advance of the fruits and vegetables is generated by the translation and a continuous rotation of the rotating elements that form at least one circuit associated with the traction cable...