ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,643, issued on March 24, was assigned to GRAM EQUIPMENT A/S (Kolding, Denmark).

"Stacking device for side loader" was invented by Bendt Jensen Hoeg (Galten, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "1. Method of preparing confectionary products for packaging in a side-loader packaging machine, where the confectionary products are conveyed one by one on a first pocket conveyor, and where a picking robot is arranged for picking up a predetermined number of ice cream products from said first pocket conveyor and transferring the confectionary products to a bulking conveyor, said bulking conveyor having compartments suitable to accommodate ...