ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,040, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Vanderlande Industries B.V. (Veghel, Netherlands).
"Sorting device and method for using a sorting device" was invented by Hans Alphonsius Maria Steijaert (Veghel, Netherlands), Raymond Martijn Brouwer-Van Os (Veghel, Netherlands) and Thijs Martinus Hendrikus Pennings (Veghel, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a device for sorting products. The facility includes sorting units that each are provided with a support surface and transport means for endless movement transport route transporting the sorting units. The sorting units include sorting means for the sideways a...