ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,685, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS (Octeville-sur-Mer, France).
"Transfer device and installation for conveying products" was invented by Alain Berenbach (Reichstett, France) and Olivier Douxamis (Reichstett, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a device for transferring products in a longitudinal direction of movement from upstream to downstream, having a transfer region and a structure supporting the transfer region. The structure has at least two parallel and contiguous rows of rollers mounted in rotation so as to be aligned along transverse axes, including a first row of first rollers and ...