ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,340, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SCHNELL S.P.A. (Colli al Metauro, Italy).

"Loading assembly for oblong, in particular metallic, elements" was invented by Alberto Rupoli (Colli al Metauro, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The loading assembly for oblong elements, in particular metal elements, includes a movable selector member and a chute associated with the selector member. The loading assembly is associated with a transfer seat to collect a number of elements loaded on the chute by means of the selector member."

The patent was filed on May 30, 2022, under Application No. 18/564,424.

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