ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,080, issued on June 24, was assigned to Wipotec GmbH (Kaiserslautern, Germany).
"Deflection device" was invented by Matthias Joachim (Pirmasens, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular deflection device comprises a housing and at least two steering elements for applying a steering action on discrete products moving along a conveyor plane. Each steering element has a swivel section formed about a swivel axis with an associated steering section. A drive with a drive element is provided in the housing for each steering element, each drive element being coupled or capable of being coupled to the swivel section of the associated ...