US Patent Issued to GMM S.P.A on March 17 for "Apparatus and method for moving pairs of workpieces having a rough face and an opposite finished face" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,555, issued on March 17, was assigned to GMM S.P.A (Gravellona Toce, Italy).

"Apparatus and method for moving pairs of workpieces having a rough face and an opposite finished face" was invented by Riccardo Medina (Gravellona Toce, Italy), Simone Guazzoni (Gravellona Toce, Italy) and Davide Comelli (Gravellona Toce, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a piece-supporting plane to support one or more worked pieces, and first and second gripping devices, respectively defining first and second gripping planes of a worked piece. The apparatus moves the first and the second gripping devices among: a picking position ...