ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,964, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TGW Logistics GmbH (Marchtrenk, Austria).
"Article bundling device, picking system and method for stacking articles and securing the stack of articles with a band" was invented by Raffaele Destro (Brugherio, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article bundling device for stacking articles and securing the stack of articles with a band includes a banding support, onto which the articles are stackable, an automatic banding machine with a band guide, with which the band is guided around the stack of articles, a first conveying system for transporting the articles to the banding machine, from ...