ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,685, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to TOPPY S.R.L. (Valsamoggia, Italy).
"Device for separating a load from the pallet supporting it" was invented by Daniele Piani (Monte San Pietro, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for separating a load (L) from a pallet (P) includes a set of plate elements (3, 5) operated by respective insertion elements (7) for insinuation between the load (L) and a surface of the pallet (P) and operated by respective lifting elements (9) to separate the load (L) from the pallet (P). Right (13) and left (15) mutually parallel side walls are arranged vertically and include a rotation element (11) for...