US Patent Issued to MOVEX on Nov. 4 for "Module for a modular conveyor belt and conveyor belt comprising said modules" (Italian, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,744, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MOVEX S.P.A. (Castelli Calepio, Italy).

"Module for a modular conveyor belt and conveyor belt comprising said modules" was invented by Sergio Marsetti (Paradiso, Switzerland) and Matteo Marsetti (Telgate, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A module for a modular conveyor belt includes interconnected modules with front and rear projecting elements having an outermost convex surface and forming at least one circular arc-shaped portion, with the centres at the same vertical distance from the lower surface and at the same horizontal distance from the outermost portion, and a plurality of raised ele...