US Patent Issued to RONCHI MARIO on April 22 for "Pick and place device for an apparatus for filling and closing articles" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,904, issued on April 22, was assigned to RONCHI MARIO S.P.A. (Milan).

"Pick and place device for an apparatus for filling and closing articles" was invented by Cesare Ronchi (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pick and place device for an apparatus for filling and closing articles in particular, containers, comprising a robotic arm, a free end of which carries a gripper formed by two claws arranged opposite each other and movable towards and away from each other so as to open and close the gripper. Each claw defines a first jaw configured to form with the first opposite first jaw a first gripper for gripping a closing element design...