ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,571, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to BURTOFT LLC (Caldwell, Idaho).
"Case unstacker and inverter" was invented by Matthew Robert Mccafferty (Caldwell, Idaho) and Jeremy P. House (Boise, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a guide with an inlet end, an outlet end and a hollow interior between inlet and outlet ends, the hollow interior sized and shaped to at least receive a stack of articles therewithin, and a device capable of conveying and advancing the stack within the hollow interior between ends of the guide. The guide may include at least one straight portion, at least one curved portion and a passageway o...