ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,435, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to MULTIVAC SEPP HAGGENMULLER SE & Co. KG (Wolfertschwenden, Germany).
"Gripper assembly with consecutive product carriers" was invented by Bernd Wintergerst (Hawangen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gripper assembly comprises a main body for attachment to a travel device, a first gripper attached to the main body and a second gripper attached to the main body. The first gripper comprises a first product carrier and a first drive configured to move the first product carrier parallel to a transverse direction between a first release position and a first receiving position. The second grippe...