US Patent Issued to Tomra Recyling Technology (Xiamen) on July 14 for "Beverage bottle sorting mechanism and sorting and recycling device" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,829, issued on July 14, was assigned to Tomra Recyling Technology (Xiamen) Co. Ltd. (Xiamen, China).

"Beverage bottle sorting mechanism and sorting and recycling device" was invented by Chenlong Lan (Xiamen, China), Yongyang Zhu (Xiamen, China) and Shanshan Zhu (Xiamen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage bottle sorting mechanism and a sorting and recycling device are provided. The beverage bottle sorting mechanism includes a frame and further includes a first sorting member and a second sorting member mounted side by side on the frame, a driving member is further provided on the frame, and the driving member is connected...