ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,114, issued on March 31, was assigned to Animae Technologies Ltd. (Hong Kong, Hong Kong).
"Automated sortation and dispensing system" was invented by Wai Lung David Chung (Hong Kong) and Hiu Kwan Lam (Hong Kong).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated sortation and dispensing system (1000) includes a frame (100) defining a cavity (101) in which objects (109) are stacked, a lever axis defined by a transverse rod (104) fixed in the frame, a drive unit (103) pivotally coupled to the transverse rod, a sorter (102) extending upward from and rotatably driven by the drive unit and including upper and lower helical slots (1022, 1025) for...