ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,184, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to NABEL Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Tray supply device and egg sorting device" was invented by Takahiko Nambu (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tray supply device that reduces effort and burden involved in an operation is provided. The present tray supply device includes a tray storage unit, a detection unit, and a distribution unit. The tray storage unit is provided so as to correspond to one of a plurality of accommodation units that cause eggs to be accommodated in trays. The detection unit detects the amount of the trays stored in each tray storage unit. The distribution unit dis...