ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,722, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to HYDROPROCESS (Chalon sur Saone, France).
"Conveyor for a water jet cutting machine" was invented by Philippe Dereims (Chalon sur Saone, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conveyor for moving products P to be cut by a jet of high-pressure liquid exiting a nozzle of a cutting machine in a vertical direction, including a plurality of continuous loops arranged parallel to one another and stretched between two drive rollers so that each determines an upper run and a lower run, each loop including at least two longitudinal walls; and two guide members associated with at least each of the loops...