ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,697, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Tension International Inc. (Kansas City, Mo.).
"Item packaging machine" was invented by Robert Terzini (Corinth, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An item packaging machine is configured to fulfill a plurality of orders that each include one or more items. The item packaging machine includes an introduction assembly configured to index each item in a retaining notch that is advanced by a conveyor over a base. The conveyor advances each item to a label applicator assembly, where each item is verified by one or more cameras directed to at least one side of each item and a label is applied to eac...