ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,695, issued on July 29, was assigned to T.M.C. S.P.A. (Castel Guelfo, Italy).
"Head and station for picking up a group of products" was invented by Michele Rasi (Ferrara, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pick-up head for groups of tissue products including a support which can be connected to a robotic arm. The support has a first sliding guide in which a first pair of compacting means runs, between an open configuration and a compacting configuration. The pick-up head also includes a plurality of unidirectional chains, wherein the unidirectional chains are positioned outside each compacting means of the first pair and slide bet...