US Patent Issued to LIFTVRAC on June 30 for "Method for joining the ends of a linear belt in order to form an endless belt for the transport of foodstuffs" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,164, issued on June 30, was assigned to LIFTVRAC (Geneston, France).

"Method for joining the ends of a linear belt in order to form an endless belt for the transport of foodstuffs" was invented by Regis Lasne (Geneston, France) and Francois Riot (Geneston, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of joining the longitudinal ends of a linear belt to form an endless belt configured to be mounted in a conveyor for upward transport of foodstuffs, the joining method comprising steps of: solidarization of the longitudinal ends of the linear belt, formation of at least one recess in the first longitudinal end and in the second longitu...