ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,058, issued on March 17, was assigned to MARBLE INC. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Spacing and classification conveyors and related systems and methods" was invented by Tyler Randolph (Edgefield, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various gapping conveyors and classification conveyors, including combination gapping and classification conveyors along with separate gapping conveyors and classification devices. In some embodiments, the gapping scale conveyor system includes both a gapping conveyor and a multi-zone scale conveyor in the same device and further includes a computing device for controlling the two conveyors. In other embodiments, ...