ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,082, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).
"Pallet reversing apparatus for conveyor" was invented by Yoshio Nakamura (Seto, Japan), Takahiro Ishikawa (Anjo, Japan) and Koji Inukai (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a pallet reversing apparatus for a conveyor that conveys a pallet including a die having a front surface and a back surface. The pallet reversing apparatus for the conveyor includes: a rotating unit that rotates the pallet with respect to a conveyance direction via a shaft provided at a center of the pallet; and a hooked portion provided at one end of the shaft....