ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,498, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Marchesini Group S.P.A. (Italy).
"Apparatus for counting and unloading pharmaceutical articles" was invented by Giuseppe Monti (Pianoro, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for counting and unloading pharmaceutical articles comprising an accumulation chamber. The accumulation chamber has an unloading mouth. A closing element of the unloading mouth is movable between a first closed and second open positions. The closing element comprises first and second abutment surfaces arranged at an angle to one another, in such a way that with the closing element positioned in the first closed...