ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,616, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Deutsche Post AG (Bonn, Germany).
"Apparatus for conveying objects" was invented by Viktor Kuznecov (Siegburg, Germany), Wolfram Grafe (Elmenhorst, Germany) and Saira Pathan (Koln/Cologne, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for conveying objects, including a first conveying apparatus, wherein the objects are conveyed in a first conveying direction by means of the first conveying apparatus. At least one second conveying apparatus which branches off from the first conveying apparatus and conveys the objects in a second conveying direction. The second conveying direction differs from...