US Patent Issued on Dec. 2 for "System having a robotic functionality for a division process of a pressed and cased tobacco bale inside its original case into 2 or more pieces" (Turkish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,609, issued on Dec. 2.

"System having a robotic functionality for a division process of a pressed and cased tobacco bale inside its original case into 2 or more pieces" was invented by Hasan Engin Balcik (Izmir, Turkey).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for a division and separation process of a full-size tobacco bale through its horizontal direction without removing it from its original case, positioning of the upper piece into another empty case and completing all sub-processes with compact solutions. The mechanical features of process used during the division of tobacco bale inside case are the folding of case side flaps, ensu...