ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,687, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Kura Sushi Inc..
"Plate picking-up device" was invented by Kunihiko Tanaka (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plate picking-up device removes a plate from a container with a lid on a conveying path that is configured to convey items including the container along a predetermined conveyance direction. The plate picking-up device includes: a gripping member that is configured to grip a circumferential edge of the plate; a moving member that is configured to move the gripping member at least in a horizontal direction; and a control unit that is configured to: control the moving member t...