ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,877, issued on June 17, 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 conveyor belt with a hooking element associated with an outer periphery of the conveyor belt and multiple pairs of rollers guiding the hooking element. A plurality of supporting elements is placed at the outer periphery, each for supporting at least one pair of rollers. A holding space for the hooking element is defined among each pair of rollers and a corresponding supporting element. A main roller of one...