ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,319, issued on June 23, was assigned to STM INDUSTRIALE S.P.A. (Naples, Italy).
"Lifting conveyor belt" was invented by Antonio Zirpoli (Vietri di Potenza, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is an elevator conveyor belt (1) suited to promote the handling of materials M, comprising: a supporting structure (2): a first transport element (3) anchored to the structure (2) and having a first flat surface (4) intended to support the material (M), said first flat surface (4) extending continuously along a longitudinal extension direction (L) between a loading area (Zc) and an unloading area (Zs): handling means (9) anchored ...