ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,453, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to UNITEC S.P.A. (Lugo, Italy).

"Apparatus for processing fruit and vegetable products" was invented by Luca Benedetti (Ravenna, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for processing fruit and vegetable products, having at least first elements adapted to move containers of fruit and vegetable products, filled with indiscriminate masses of a specific type of product. along at least one first conveyance line, which leads to at least one device for emptying the containers, which is adapted to feed, with the fruit and vegetable products evacuated from the containers, second elements adapted...