ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,704, issued on March 4, was assigned to Wipotec GmbH (Kaiserslautern, Germany).
"Modular belt conveyor" was invented by Hans-Sebastian Hohler (Hildesheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A belt conveyor includes at least two support elements selected from a group consisting of roller holder elements and core elements for forming a conveyor plane for supporting a belt for conveying the products in a conveying direction. The at least two support elements are formed separately and the support elements directly adjoining one another are rigidly connected to one another by a fastening device. The support elements adjoining one anot...