ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,888, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Siempelkamp Transport Systems GmbH (Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock, Germany).
"Storage device for material plates" was invented by Juri Rempel (Verl, Germany) and Tobias Schartner (Rheda-Wiedenbruck, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage facility for material panels includes at least one rail-bound basic track with at least one pair of rails and at least one rail-bound transfer track leading to panel depositing locations with at least two pairs of rails, the pair of rails of a basic track and transfer track meeting at right angles, at least one transport device including two carrier vehic...