ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,312, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SYSTEM LOGISTICS S.P.A. (Fiorano Modenese, Italy).
"Sorting plant" was invented by Stefano Sannino (Fiorano Modenese, Italy) and Erion Dalipaj (Rubiera, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plant for forming pallets, comprising: an entry station (2); a plurality of picking areas (4), one or more autonomous entry vehicles (3), each of which is arranged to withdraw at least one entry pallet (Pi) from the entry station (2) and to lead the withdrawn pallet (Pi) to a given picking area (4); a plurality of release areas (5), at least one manipulator (6), structured to withdraw a package (C) from an...