ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,818, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to B & B Metals Inc. (Shepherdsville, Ky.).
"Tie plate handling mechanism" was invented by Coty T. Coots (Shepherdsville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Present embodiments relate to one or more apparatus and method of handling tie plates for proper orientation. More specifically, but without limitation, the present embodiments relate to a method of handling tie plates, determining an orientation of the tie plate, and re-orienting the tie plate during the feeding process, if necessary."
The patent was filed on April 26, 2022, under Application No. 17/729,612.
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