ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,813, issued on June 3, was assigned to VITRONIC Dr.-Ing. Stein Bildverarbeitungssysteme GmbH (Wiesbaden, Germany).
"Apparatus and method for sorting objects" was invented by Erich Butzer (Schotten, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for sorting objects includes a feeding device, at least one transfer device and several target containers. The feeding device is configured to convey the objects to the at least one transfer device. The transfer device is configured to transfer the objects to the target containers. The apparatus has a sorting device in which the target containers can be moved such that the target container...