US Patent Issued to ISHIDA on June 3 for "Box packing apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,460, issued on June 3, was assigned to ISHIDA Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Box packing apparatus" was invented by Masashi Kurokawa (Ritto, Japan) and Teruyuki Tada (Ritto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A box-packing apparatus that reduces inefficiency attributable to the box-replacement process includes a first conveyance unit and a second conveyance unit. The first conveyance unit conveys articles. The second conveyance unit conveys the articles transferred from the first conveyance unit and feeds them into a box waiting downstream. When the second conveyance unit feeds a predetermined number of the articles into the box, the sec...