ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,601, issued on June 9.
"Object conveying and orienting device" was invented by Alex Marti Mercade (Barcelona, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object conveying and orienting device comprising a first conveyor belt with a conveying segment (11), guided over a guiding surface and/or between two equidistant guides, and with a retaining device associated with the first conveyor belt (10); an object orienting segment (12), at least partially overlapping the conveying segment (11) in which the first conveyor belt (10) is twisted producing a twisted surface; wherein at least one first opening (41), in communication with at least one s...