ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,320, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to KRONES AG (Neutraubling, Germany).
"Clamp device and method for transporting a container" was invented by Marco Leidel (Rain, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates, inter alia, to a clamp device for holding a container for a container processing plant. The clamp device has a first clamp arm pair and a second clamp arm pair, which are arranged one above the other for the simultaneous holding of the container and which can be pivoted independently of one another, preferably coaxially. The clamp device enables the container to be held on different external shapes and/or exte...