ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,887, issued on June 17, was assigned to WestRock Packaging Systems LLC (Atlanta).
"Packaging system adaptable to various container perimeters" 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 containers including a conveyor module configured to convey and meter a stream of containers, including a first star wheel configured to move a plurality of first containers along a first travel path, wherein the first containers each have a first geometr...