US Patent Issued to MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER on Sept. 15 for "Multi-lane slicing machine with individually positionable grippers and control method therefor" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,720, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMUELLER SE & Co. KG (Wolfertschwenden, Germany).

"Multi-lane slicing machine with individually positionable grippers and control method therefor" was invented by Christoph Thalmeier (Stimpfach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To ensure that, during slicing, a gripper can remain stationary when a log which it is holding has been completely sliced while other grippers move forward for the slicing of the other logs they are holding, a hydraulic cylinder unit is arranged between each gripper and a gripper carriage, which unit is either switched pressureless in a lane of...