ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,686, issued on April 8, was assigned to MECHANICA SISTEMI S.R.L. (Paderno Dugnano, Italy).
"Curved belt conveyor" was invented by Giorgio Cristoforetti (Varese, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A curved belt conveyor includes a supporting structure having a base for supporting the conveyor on a floor and a curved top portion engaged to the base. The curved top portion defines at least one curved advancing plane for one or more objects and/or articles to be moved along a curvilinear advancing path and has an arched wide side and an arched narrow side opposite each other. An endless conveyor belt is operatively engaged to the curve...