ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,249, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SOMIC VERPACKUNGSMASCHINEN GMBH & Co. KG (Amerang, Germany).
"Grouping device" was invented by Christoph Kogel (Prutting, Germany) and Tobias Trentini (Eggstatt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a grouping device for grouping objects, comprising a magnetic levitation conveying device with a working surface, a plurality of movers and a control device for controlling the movement of the movers, at least one feeding device for feeding objects and loading at least one mover located in a loading position, and at least one transfer device which transfers the at least on...