ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,661, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SIDEL ENGINEERING & CONVEYING SOLUTIONS (Reichstett, France).
"Device for providing sorted closure elements" was invented by Daniel Spiesser (Reichstett, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for providing sorted closure elements in the form of crown caps, having a space for bulk storage of the caps, a lifting conveyor in the form of a belt entering the space and including, on an outer face, a plurality of cleats oriented transversely and spaced in order to define a recess between a lower cleat and an upper cleat, wherein each recess collects a plurality of the caps as the recess passe...