ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,229, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Stolle Machinery Co. LLC (Centennial, Colo.).
"Flow regulating conveyance apparatus, system and method" was invented by Joseph John Allen Maurer (Aurora, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow regulating conveyance system for use in a can manufacturing production line includes: a flow regulating conveyor structured to convey cans along a conveying path and including a platform having a conveyance surface including a plurality of air ports, two track rails transversely-spaced-apart and extending along the conveying path to form a conveying track therebetween, an actuation mechanism structur...