ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,250, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Solidtec B.V. (Dronten, Netherlands).
"Palletizer" was invented by Willem Adriaan Moerdijk (Dronten, Netherlands) and Reindert Jan Goetheer (Emmeloord, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A palletizer for stacking cargo, such as bags or boxes, onto a pallet in multiple layers is disclosed. The palletizer includes a main frame extending in vertical direction; pallet lifting means for lifting a pallet, which pallet lifting means are arranged to the main frame and are movable in vertical direction between the base of the main frame and the top of the main frame; a manipulator arranged to th...