ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,620, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Ottimo Design Pty Ltd (Australia).
"Fruit sorting equipment" was invented by Bruce Thomas Morley (Buninyong, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fruit sorting equipment comprising interlinked carriages forming a conveyor driven in a conveying loop, each carriage having a fruit carrier attached to the carriage to pivot about a pivot axis, each carrier supporting two longitudinally spaced pairs of axially rotatable rollers that support the fruit above the carrier, and driving means to cause the rollers to axially rotate."
The patent was filed on June 16, 2022, under Application No. 18/566,7...