ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,278, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to HECHT TECHNOLOGIE GMBH (Pfaffenhofen/Ilm, Germany).
"Device for handling containers" was invented by Thomas Schwaiger (Pfaffenhofen/Ilm, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The application relates to a device for handling containers including: a robot device configured to operate an opening element provided on/in a container in such a way that the robot device has access to an interior space of the container via the opening element, and to subsequently fill and/or empty the container via the opening element."
The patent was filed on Aug. 28, 2024, under Application No. 18/817,591.
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