ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,511, issued on April 14, was assigned to AETNA GROUP S.P.A. (Verucchio, Italy).
"Apparatus and method for moving objects" was invented by Moris Marchesini (Verucchio, Italy), Mirko Querze (Verucchio, Italy), Glauco Gavina (Verucchio, Italy) and Andrea Secci (Verucchio, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A moving apparatus for objects comprises a first moving system for moving and separating in groups of a set number objects that are arranged aligned one behind the other and in contact along a first advancement direction; a second moving system arranged to receive said groups of objects from said first moving system and move them s...