ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,326, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to BAVELLONI S.P.A. (Lentate sul Seveso, Italy).

"Optimization bench for glass plates and method for positioning glass plates using this bench" was invented by Davide Gariglio (Volvera, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optimization bench for glass plates is configured to move the plates in a longitudinal direction of the bench in order to arrange the plates in positions suitable to achieve optimal occupation of the available area on the bench. The bench includes a plurality of belt conveyors parallel to each other, selectively driven by motor means through a plurality of electrically operat...