ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,563, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Krones AG (Neutraubling, Germany).
"Buffer device" was invented by Jens Luecke (Flensburg, Germany), Christian Depner (Silberstedt, Germany) and Niels Clausen (Dollerup, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a buffer device comprising a container feed device, a buffer which is arranged downstream of the container feed device, and a container discharge device which is arranged downstream of the buffer. In order to feed containers to the buffer, the container feed device is designed to transport containers in a first direction by means of first conveyor belts. The buffer c...