ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,013, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to NEDCON B.V. (Doetinchem, Netherlands).
"Horizontal conveyor, preferably for transporting pallets loaded with goods" was invented by Edwin Rauwerdink (Winterswijk, Netherlands) and Jeronimus Geradus Maria Besselink (Zutphen, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A horizontal conveyor is proposed, including a main framework with a framework base which can be fixedly anchored on a surrounding floor and a frame supported on the framework base. Rollers or rolls, with or without a conveyor belt guided over the rollers or rolls, are rotatably mounted in the frame, such that a conveying path for a g...