MUMBAI, India, March 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617020000 A) filed by Hitachi Industry & Control Solutions, Ltd., Tokyo, on Feb. 20, for 'container orientation reversing device.'

Inventor(s) include Matsuda Yutaka; Tomobe Kosuke; Katane Tadahiro; and Mimura Michio.

The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Provided is a container orientation reversing device (11) for reversing the orientation of a container (21) from an inverted state (22a) to a standing state (22b) during conveyance of the container (21), said container orientation reversing device (11) comprising a wheel member (33) provided rotatably around a main shaft (31) extending in the vertical direction, a plurality of first inverting brackets (37) provided on an outer peripheral edge part (33a) of the wheel member (33) and provided with a holding part (35) for the container (21), and a reversing action member (39) for causing an orientation reversing action of the container (21) held by the holding part (35) of the first inverting bracket (37). The first inverting bracket (37) is supported by the outer peripheral edge part (33a) of the wheel member (33) so as to be capable of rotating the orientation of the container (21) from an inverted state to a standing state in the radial direction relating to the main shaft (31). The reversing action member (39) reverses the orientation of the container (21) in an inverted state to a standing state."

The patent application was internationally filed on July 22, 2024, under International application No.PCT/JP2024/026203.

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