US Patent Issued to Robbins Mining on June 23 for "Laterally articulable belt conveyor systems" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,321, issued on June 23, was assigned to Robbins Mining Inc. (Solon, Ohio).

"Laterally articulable belt conveyor systems" was invented by Bradley Dean Grothen (Renton, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laterally articulable belt conveyor assembly is provided. The assembly has a central chain forming a loop extending around a first roller wheel and a second roller wheel, a plurality of elongate slats operably coupled to the central chain and each having rolling members at their lateral ends, a belt operably coupled to each of the plurality of elongate slats, the belt configured to carry excavated muck from a loading end portion to...