ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,154, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS (Octeville-sur-Mer, France).
"Conveying of a capping element" was invented by Daniel Spiesser (Reichstett, France), Stephane Lorange (Reichstett, France) and Emmanuel Roth (Reichstett, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for conveying a cap-type capping elements, which are pushed aeraulically to circulate the capping elements in a forward direction. In example embodiments, the device includes firstly an elongate plenum in which a gaseous fluid circulates, and secondly a channel in which the capping elements circulate in a forward direction and that has a front face...