ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,309, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to KORBER SUPPLY CHAIN LOGISTICS GMBH (Constance, Germany).
"Tapering of a conveyor flow of piece goods" was invented by Felix Fischer (Constance, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conveyor line arrangement for tapering a conveyor flow of piece goods includes a first section divided into at least a first partial conveyor flow and a second partial conveyor flow and to generate a height difference between the first partial conveyor flow and the second partial conveyor flow such that the first partial conveyor flow is arranged higher than the second partial conveyor flow at the end of the firs...