US Patent Issued to Tomra Systems ASA on Sept. 8 for "System and process for collecting waste objects" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,079, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Tomra Systems ASA (Asker, Norway).

"System and process for collecting waste objects" was invented by Tom Lunde (Blommenholm, Norway) and Fredrik Pettersen (Oslo, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for collecting waste objects for recycling including a reverse vending machine, RVM, and a carrier arrangement adapted to receive a devaluated waste object at a first location having a first elevation, and adapted to transport and deliver the devaluated waste object to a second location having a higher elevation than the first location and an inlet of the RVM. The system further includes a...