ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,448, issued on May 13, was assigned to REEPACK S.R.L. (Seriate, Italy).
"System for fixing push rods to a chain" was invented by Livio Valli (Bergamo, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for moving discrete articles comprising a system for fixing push rods to the chain comprising: two opposite sides (20) that support a conveyor plane (21); two chain holder guides (22), opposite and fixed to said sides (20); two chains (23) with links with protruding pins (24) sliding inside said two chain holder guides (22); push rods (25) fixed in a removable manner, transversally to said conveyor plane (21), to said pins (24) of said chai...