ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,520, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Kyoto Seisakusho Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Linear transport apparatus" was invented by Ryutaro Imakiire (Kyoto, Japan) and Toshiyuki Onishi (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear transport apparatus has a first carriage 1 and a second carriage 2 movably disposed on a guide member 3 and support portions 13 and 23 supporting a bottom portion 53 of a box member 500. A first claw portion 12 provided on the first carriage 1 has an inner contact portion 121 making contact with the inner face of the box member and a rear contact portion 122 making contact with the rear face of the box m...