US Patent Issued to Roach Manufacturing on Sept. 1 for "Conveyor bidirectional roller assembly and conveyor therewith" (Arkansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,904, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Roach Manufacturing Corp. (Trumann, Alaska).

"Conveyor bidirectional roller assembly and conveyor therewith" was invented by Michael R. Parks (Trumann, Ark.) and Christopher E. Kain (Tyronza, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A repositionable bidirectional roller assembly for conveyors includes bidirectional wheels that enable the diversion of conveyed items from the conveyor in a diversion direction different from the transport direction of the conveyor. The repositionable bidirectional roller assembly includes a plurality of bidirectional wheels that rotate in the diversion direction, and a...