ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,731, issued on July 15, was assigned to SPRINGER MASCHINENFABRIK GMBH (Friesach, Austria).
"Feeder" was invented by Clemens Frisch (Neumarkt in der Steiermark, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A feeder for feeding sawn wood pieces from an accumulating conveyor to a drag conveyor. The feeder includes at least one wheel having an axis of rotation and at least one control device and at least one first clamping element and at least one second clamping element are fastened to the wheel. The feeder is designed to clamp a sawn wood piece in place in a conveying region between the first and the second clamping element during a rotation...