US Patent Issued to Red Bud Industries on Sept. 30 for "Sheet metal processing cell with traversing part sorter" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,234, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Red Bud Industries Inc. (Red Bud, Ill.).

"Sheet metal processing cell with traversing part sorter" was invented by Kollin N. Liefer (Waterloo, Ill.), Scott McIntyre (Sparta, Ill.) and Dean C. Linders (Baldwin, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheet metal processing cell has a stacker for forming a stack of sheet metal. The stacker has a stack forming portion and a diverter. The diverter is movable relative to the inlet of the stacker to receive a diverter length of sheet metal and convey it away from the inlet. A traversing part sorter of the cell has a first conveyer and a second convey...