US Patent Issued to WestRock Packaging Systems on Dec. 23 for "Smooth handoff of containers using multiple grippers" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,319, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to WestRock Packaging Systems LLC (Atlanta).

"Smooth handoff of containers using multiple grippers" was invented by Jean-Christophe Bonnain (Chateauroux, France), Frederic Limousin (Le Poinconnet, France), Fabrice Avril (Chateauroux, France) and Amelie Strohm-Volondat (Chateauroux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conveyor system for grouping containers includes a first track including a first plurality of lugs, each lug having a respective gripper coupled thereto configured to drive containers along the first track and a second track configured to move a second plurality of lugs wherein ea...